Example sentences of "[vb pp] himself for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christopher Gill ( Member for Ludlow and a Midlands businessman ) , as has been mentioned in Chapter 6 , has concerned himself for a long time with what were once seen to be obscure constitutional issues of subsidiarity . |
| 2 | TV COMIC Tony Slattery has sketched himself for a charity auction — starkers . |
| 3 | Wordsworth had some idea of what was going on , as he had prepared himself for this second visit by reading pamphlets , and probably had a letter of introduction to Brissot ; but at first he was only sentimentally affected by the ideals of the Revolution . |
| 4 | He had prepared himself for the Stoics match in typical fashion the night before . |
| 5 | Thinking in terms of his mother 's back yard in Hoylake , the washing sagging between poplar trees , Meredith had prepared himself for details of death . |
| 6 | Whistling ‘ I 'm in the Mood for Love ’ , and rejecting the buzz of his telephone , he had prepared himself for the chase . |
| 7 | Charles could have kicked himself for the cliché . |
| 8 | He also campaigned against pollution but suffered the irony of being prosecuted himself for pollution in 1857 , which caused him to move his works to Miles Platting . |
| 9 | It was obvious that this was where Harry Mack had settled himself for the night . |
| 10 | Harry had settled himself for the night and then felt the need for a drink of water . |
| 11 | In effect , God had declared himself for the English and against the French . |