Example sentences of "one for himself " in BNC.

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1 All verderers are in future to make answer before the justices in eyre by a single roll of the vert and venison , and are not to have , each one for himself , rolls of the different bailiwicks for production before the Justices .
2 Lord Petre ordered one for himself , another in the name of his gardener , James Hunt , while a dozen more were bespoke on behalf on those who tended the great gardens ; James Hoyland for the Earl of Carlisle at Castle Howard and Rice Lewis for the Earl of Burlington at Chiswick , for example .
3 He 's at a party in Toronto to honour his pal Warren Beatty ; someone is always giving a party for Beatty and when they do n't he gives one for himself .
4 Herman had two copies of her book for her to sign — one for himself and one for a friend .
5 In a book by Dürer he read a description of a perspective device and made one for himself .
6 Kirov returned the packet to his pocket without extracting one for himself .
7 ‘ Like a bologna sandwich ? ’ he asked her , as he made one for himself .
8 Red lit one for himself .
9 She wanted to know if Sergeant Joe would like her dad 's evening paper , if he had n't bought one for himself .
10 Watson then had one for himself — Reeve lbw .
11 He handed the boy a glass , then poured one for himself and sat , facing the T'ang across the fire .
12 Some time afterwards he chanced to see a hobby-horse being ridden along a nearby road , and was struck with the notion of making one for himself .
13 But he got a pattern made and had the base of the machine made at a local foundry and he made all the leverage parts and got the , he got the blades made in Sheffield or somewhere and er he made one for himself .
14 When these had been procured , the Earl , ignoring Wheeler , had poured out two measures , one enormous one for himself , and a smaller one for Julia .
15 He gives me another burn and he has one for himself , blowing the smoke back into my mouth afterwards .
16 Cornelius helped Tuppe on to a stool and found one for himself .
17 Fernando brought her a drink of orange juice and one for himself and pulled up another lounger next to her .
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