Example sentences of "name for [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport . |
| 2 | One day he would like to make a name for himself as a public trainer — but that is some way in the future . |
| 3 | He ran away to sea at fifteen and made a name for himself as a good , but sadistic , fist fighter . |
| 4 | Samuel Beeton had already begun to make a name for himself as a publisher and editor . |
| 5 | George Albert Smith was later of course erm to come on and make a big name , a world name for himself as the inventor of the first colour process , a very simple , two-colour process , but it was invented by him in Brighton , and it was the first world colour process . |
| 6 | Bowie has already made a name for himself as an actor in a string of top movies , including The Hunger and The Man Who Fell To Earth , but this is the TV break he has been waiting for . |
| 7 | He had a good degree in art history , and had he not gone in for politics he might have made a name for himself as an art historian . |
| 8 | Another performer in One Over The Eight who took to Kenneth with the greatest of affection was Lance Percival , soon to make a national name for himself with the top TV satire show of the Sixties , That Was The Week That Was . |
| 9 | After starting out with a Honda VF500 in ‘ 84 , Bradl made it to factory rider in just four and a half years , making a name for himself on the way as a man bursting with aggression . |
| 10 | That he had taken over Joe the Fish 's businesses and made a name for himself among the villains . |
| 11 | A sort of cross between Kurt Cobain and a Fraggle , James has already made a name for himself in the office for dancing around and waving his arms wildly while he talks , not forgetting the regular swishing back of that blond mop . |
| 12 | It was during the five years he spent in Orkney that he began to make a name for himself in the field of English-language studies ; he was also the writer of the ‘ Orcadian Boatman 's Song ’ . |
| 13 | Guy Ferris , already making a name for himself in the right circles , made a surprisingly determined play for the younger Miss Fox . |
| 14 | And although Edgar 's present listening has extended out past the Beach Boys , Credence Clearwater Revival and sundry American garage bands , The Stairs have made an inadvertent name for themselves as the most frighteningly authentic British beat combo in existence . |
| 15 | Presumably Domark wanted to show off the abilities of their creation in the same way that demo programmers wish to make a name for themselves in the programming world . |
| 16 | The Castledawson side , hitherto famed for being the first winners of the Irish Cup , are now making a modern day name for themselves in the B Division . |
| 17 | The management at Perry Poultry might not have amassed this sort of paper wealth yet but , only founded in 1989 , the company is already making a name for itself in the food business . |
| 18 | Hairflair interviewed the Edinburgh lass who is cutting a name for herself at the Charlie Miller salon . |
| 19 | HIGHBROOK , a horse tipped to make a name for herself at the winter game , catches the eye tomorrow as Flat racing grabs the attention for the last time this year . |
| 20 | I think also there was the sense that the sorts of books that a lady was expected to write were perhaps rather different from the sorts of books that a gentleman is required to write , and George Eliot had already made a name for herself as a writer of erm considerable independence of mind who , I think , wanted to be regarded as a writer , rather than as a lady novelist . |
| 21 | But she 's now making another name for herself as the brains behind the first horse register in the country . |
| 22 | A year after our idle talk at Windrush , Judith Evelyn was in New York rehearsing her leading lines for Patrick Campbell 's great play ‘ Gaslight ’ , in which she starred on Broadway from December , 1941 ( the same week as Pearl Harbour ) for the next two years , and made a lasting name for herself in the American theatre . |