Example sentences of "put himself [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No industrialist liked to put himself at the mercy of creditors . |
| 2 | The civil rights marches created an opportunity for Ian Paisley to put himself at the head of plebeian Protestant resistance to the civil rights movement . |
| 3 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
| 4 | It seemed like an excellent opportunity to put himself to the test , see if his reflexes were as finely honed as they had been in the old days . |
| 5 | He found it worth while to put himself to the trouble of finishing touches . |
| 6 | or the one who seeks to put himself in the place of Christ . |
| 7 | ‘ David is keen to put himself in the shop window before the end of the season so he can be involved in a new club with their pre-season preparations , ’ said Town 's general manager Alan Smith . |
| 8 | He must still be in with a chance of making the tour — although Andy Gregory 's 11th-hour decision to put himself in the frame must have reduced the odds somewhat . |
| 9 | But this had never required him to put himself in the spotlight . |
| 10 | Yet when Cornwall pronounces him the new Earl of Gloucester , and orders him to seek his father out , Edmund has yet another layer of pretence at hand : Edmund 's perversion of such words as ‘ nature ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ , and ‘ blood ’ is grimly evident to us , but not to Cornwall — who may not understand those terms , in any case — and who now puts himself into the position of an adopted father to Edmund : ‘ I will lay trust upon thee ; and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love ’ ( 24f . ) . |
| 11 | So that when you go into the Drama Studio with a group of students … and when you do decent work with them , everybody puts himself on the line , everybody . |
| 12 | Mopsus , however , puts himself in the power of would-be benefactors , and his vulnerability is ruthlessly exploited . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , David Speedie puts himself in the shop window at St Andrews tonight . |
| 14 | It symbolized that he was putting himself under the protection of the saint , the patron of his kingdom ; but it also revealed the sort of anomaly which had entered the feudal hierarchy . |
| 15 | Then I realized he was putting himself into the part . |
| 16 | On the next day a pardon was offered to the rebels , who withdrew from the city , although their leader Cade remained under arms , putting himself outside the scope of the pardon , and was killed on 12 July . |
| 17 | As Russia 's only properly elected leader ever , he should hesitate before putting himself outside the law . |
| 18 | Is it not also a fact that in this case it is clear that , if the Court of Appeal believes that he had no intention of flouting a court order and of putting himself above the law , that should be good enough for the rest of us ? |
| 19 | ‘ More than twenty thousand , mein Fuhrer , ’ said Buhle , putting himself at the top of the class . |
| 20 | In June 1915 my father commented : " I am coming to the conclusion that the heir to the throne of Solomon is at heart a Moslem and is entertaining dreams of one day putting himself at the head of the Mohammadan Abyssinians , and of producing a Moslem kingdom that will stretch far beyond the frontiers of his present Empire . " |
| 21 | ‘ In a way , Jeff is putting himself in the position of being a cultural martyr , ’ says Ned Rifkin , exhibition curator for Washington DC 's Hirshhorn Museum , part of the prestigious Smithsonian Institution . |
| 22 | " The President has done a good job of putting himself in the position where Arctic drilling is seen as patriotic " , she said . |
| 23 | Or again , someone may honestly put himself under the lordship of Christ yet at the same time adhere to a Christian lifestyle or espouse Christian values which by temperament or nationality he would be likely to appreciate anyway . |
| 24 | Will the Minister put himself in the place of that 15-year-old girl , too frightened to ask anyone for help , alone , desperate and penniless ? |
| 25 | Parys " put himself at the disposal of " Prime Minister Jan Olszewski , which was interpreted as a resignation offer , but Olszewski gave him leave of absence , appointing Romuald Szeremietiew , Parys 's deputy , as acting Defence Minister . |
| 26 | He could win his place back or put himself on the market . ’ |
| 27 | White put himself into the character of Merlyn , passing on to the young king his knowledge of wildlife and hunting . |
| 28 | He put himself into the pathologist 's shoes and stood in the witness box . |
| 29 | Gent 's hairstylists Ted Johnston of Continental Hairdressers in Belfast put himself in the cutting chair last week . |
| 30 | Mr Lo thus put himself in the forefront of consensus politics in Hong Kong , thereby leaving his unrelated namesake , Lo Tak-shing , to seize the high ground further to the right . |