Example sentences of "[prep] it for himself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't tell George : he 'll be jealous he had n't thought of it for himself . |
| 2 | Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper were to co-star and Nicholson wrote a part in it for himself but Corman refused to cast him and Bruce Dern played the role instead . |
| 3 | They decided that he was only in it for himself and was not the sort of person the comrades wanted to have with them , and definitely not part of the consensus . |
| 4 | He was even capable of finding some credit in it for himself : for after all , it proved that he did not have to take every apparently unprotected woman who came into his sights . |
| 5 | John Sculley at Apple Computer Inc is another name that has been canvassed , and he is the exception that proves the rule that an outsider ca n't run a computer company , but he came in fascinated by the business and devoted all his efforts in the early days learning about it for himself rather than relying on his minions , something no-one taking over IBM now has time to do . |