Example sentences of "he [verb] for himself [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He made for himself a special balance with which he could measure the exact proportions of two metals in a mixture or alloy . |
2 | He built for himself a house ( Larkscliff ) on the cliffs at Birchington , Kent ( 1906 ) . |
3 | In some forests he took for himself the profits of the minor pleas : a thirteenth-century Cumberland jury swore that if any man ‘ furtively ’ felled an oak in Inglewood Forest , then the warden 's duty was ‘ to attach his body according to the law of the forest ’ to answer before the Justice of the Forest at the Forest Eyre . |
4 | On April 1-2 he saw for himself the effects of internecine war when he toured the Natal townships ; on April 5 , after his meeting with de Klerk , it was announced that talks would take place in the near future about the remaining obstacles to full negotiations . |
5 | As a son of William , the former secretary of the BDDA , he was familiar with the deaf world from childhood and , as frequently happens with hearing children of deaf parents , he chose for himself a career connected with deafness . |
6 | He declined the cigarette , he lit for himself a small cigar . |