Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] himself the " in BNC.
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| 1 | St Albans Crown Court heard how 50 year old David Lashley raped and killed the 24 year old after earning himself the reputation of a habitual rapist . |
| 2 | Nor had Innocent any intention of allowing himself the humiliation of Lateran I where the council defeated the pope . |
| 3 | After the fight with the beggars he had left the sack with Allen and Marian because it had seemed to him an ingenious way of saving himself the trouble of carrying it to Simon 's hut and back again while at the same time it was a guarantee that the children would remain until he returned . |
| 4 | Knowing what Edmund has done to his real father might have given Cornwall pause before proclaiming himself the next one . |
| 5 | It was as if he were scouring all the weakness out of himself by an equivalent to giving himself the disease . |
| 6 | Callaghan was confused at finding himself the centre of attention . |
| 7 | The creditor may have done enough by superintending himself the execution of the document and by attempting to assure himself by means of questions or explanation that she knows to what she is committing herself . |
| 8 | She wanted to please him , to see him smile , and tease her by calling himself the Master , and pretending that she was his slave . |
| 9 | The troubles in Kent dragged on sporadically for some two years ; in August 1450 a certain William Parmenter virtually proclaimed himself Cade 's successor by calling himself the second captain of Kent , in April 1451 there were troubles fomented by Henry Hasilden , and in May 1452 there was yet further disorder ( 42 ) . |
| 10 | Mungall responded by making himself the engine which drove Tranmere 's counter attacks and pulled against the weight of Leicester 's pressure . |