Example sentences of "[vb past] himself for " 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 | Sam had a mental vision of a handful of ants thrown at a charging bull , but upbraided himself for cowardice . |
| 3 | JIM COURIER redeemed himself for past Davis Cup failures by beating Switzerland 's Jakob Hlasek in Fort Worth , Texas last night to clinch the Cup for the United States for the 30th time since 1900 . |
| 4 | He rebuked himself for his stupidity . |
| 5 | He went into the college hall , and registered himself for matriculation among a rowdy assembly of students younger than himself ; and came out into the street to find that it had started to rain . |
| 6 | At the end of that time ‘ he qualified himself for practising whether as a physician or a surgeon ’ , and returned to Bedfordshire where , ‘ with the consent of the Clergy and the local practitioners , he attended the destitute poor ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Mark you , Southey ! — I will do my Duty , ’ he wrote from London five days later , as he steeled himself for his promised return to Bristol and the renewal of his relationship with Sara . |
| 8 | He straightened his tie and steeled himself for the meeting . |
| 9 | Cheerful , and unaware of the failures at the southern lock , he urged on young Watson , who steeled himself for another attempt at breaking through the place . |
| 10 | There he ‘ distinguished himself for Hebrew & Mathematics ’ , and might eventually have obtained a fellowship had he still been single . |
| 11 | He even castigated himself for not being a better example , more patient , gentler . |
| 12 | He grabbed hold of the net and prepared himself for when the giant eel came thrashing into sight . |
| 13 | So Raymond of St Gilles , after he had claimed the Rouergue in 1079 , prepared himself for his attempt to oust his brother as count of Toulouse , in a ceremony at the shrine of St Robert at La Chaise-Dieu : |
| 14 | He meticulously prepared himself for his first meeting . |
| 15 | The Chancellor gradually retired from acting as judge of first instance , and reserved himself for the Court of Appeal in Chancery and for the House of Lords . |
| 16 | Charles … allowed himself for the sake of a few thousand pounds to be regarded as a greedy and litigious landlord rather than as a just ruler or as a national king . |
| 17 | And hated himself for depending on it . |
| 18 | He hated himself for these demeaning fantasies , and was reasonably afraid that she might suspect he nourished them . |
| 19 | He hated himself for pressing a dying friend , but some gut-fear , some primordial terror drove him on . |
| 20 | And he hated himself for it . |
| 21 | But he hated himself for being drawn to her , however briefly , because he was personally involved … |
| 22 | There was a white line around his mouth and he was watching her with undisguised lust , as if he wanted her and hated himself for being so human . |
| 23 | He did n't know why he had come , hated himself for coming , but had by now tormented himself into a state of mind where he was deliberately looking for fresh spasms of anguish . |
| 24 | Pontius Pilate , also he rejects the Lord Jesus and in doing so he hated himself for it . |
| 25 | Course he hated himself for it , just as every person who is not a christian will hate themselves because they had , anything to do with that crowd who had cried out , away with him ! |
| 26 | Consultants were paid lavishly for advice and Bell even paid himself for overtime , taboo in American curatorial practice . |
| 27 | Delaney readied himself for the final assault . |
| 28 | Meanwhile he readied himself for a sixteen-tooth smile . |
| 29 | But instead he was attracted to men , and he crucified himself for it . ’ |
| 30 | Just as the race rekindled Classic hopes for Stoute , the flame was snuffed out for Newmarket trainer Mohammed Moubarak , who blamed himself for the dismal performance of 11–4 favourite Forest Tiger , who trailed in last after coming under pressure at half-way . |