Example sentences of "help himself to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He downed one tankard and , when the friar nodded , helped himself to the second . |
| 2 | ‘ So he went down , ’ said Frome , as if puzzling it out , ‘ and he helped himself to the headmaster 's sherry . ’ |
| 3 | Uncle Philip broke the armour off a pink battalion of shrimps and ate them steadily , chewed through a loaf of bread spread with half a pound of butter and helped himself to the lion 's share of the cake while gazing at her with expressionless satisfaction , apparently deriving a certain pleasure from her discomfort , or even finding that the sight of it improved his appetite . |
| 4 | It had not been lessened when William of Ypres , the surly Flemish commander of the royalist army , had begun to question her extensively about the size and strength of the garrisons at Gloucester and Bristol , the state of the Empress 's exchequer , the loyalty of her supporters , and whether Geoffrey of Anjou was planning an invasion of England to help himself to the throne by right of his wife . |
| 5 | He immediately began to help himself to the food . |