Example sentences of "he [verb] himself for [art] " in BNC.

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1 In what was seen as a policy of high personal risk , he proposed himself for the post of Prime Minister ( Ivan Silayev having resigned in September — see p. 38416 ) .
2 He blames himself for the 35-yard rocket from Paul Gascoigne that ripped through his grasp after just five minutes .
3 Meanwhile he readied himself for a sixteen-tooth smile .
4 Later he reproves himself for an impulse to be rude to a ‘ good auld guy ’ encountered during his terminal search for a bus , and we think of the prating ‘ good old man ’ Polonius .
5 He cursed himself for a fool .
6 He blamed himself for the death of his friend , thinking that if he had n't used the ouija board , perhaps his friend would still be alive .
7 But even as he braced himself for the end , Robin took a remarkable last photograph of himself for his family .
8 He gathered himself for a giant leap and SPRONG ! landed right in the middle of the sleeping ducks .
9 No wonder Edward , in order to protect suitors from ecclesiastical censures or reprisals , made available a new form of the writ which was issued ‘ on behalf of many ’ — ex relatu plurium — in which he substituted himself for the unnamed petitioner or petitioners ; this form of the writ enjoyed wider popularity after the Council of Reading .
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