Example sentences of "[prep] it himself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , the lack of a real craft tradition today means the architect may have to design most of it himself . |
| 2 | I know of one child who had it and who had to plug the offending ear before going to school , otherwise it gave out an audible whistle which disturbed other children although the child was not aware of it himself . |
| 3 | It was only after they had offloaded the stock that the dealers would find out their teamleader had bought up large quantities of it himself . |
| 4 | He 's a Russian émigré — came out just after the Revolution , although he had been part of it himself , and I do n't think he 's ever really settled down to ordinary life . |
| 5 | His schedule had worked , but only because he seemed to be carrying out most of it himself . |
| 6 | This dirge is delivered with such programmed monotony surely he ca n't believe a bit of it himself . |
| 7 | Frodo can see that Boromir would be ruined by the Ring if he took it , and even though he would quite like to dispose of it himself , he refuses to allow Boromir to be burdened with it . |
| 8 | Last time I made one he ate nearly all of it himself did n't he ? |
| 9 | As it happened Paddington was having trouble about what to buy the Brown family for Christmas and he wished he 'd thought of it himself . |
| 10 | Apart from asking me if it might be ‘ right lip ’ or ‘ left edge ’ he just got on with it himself . |
| 11 | For some years a man used to come in and do the deed , but Uncle got on with it himself later round by the stable , using a humane killer . |
| 12 | Jarvis thought he had better get on with it himself because anyone Tina found would very likely default on the rent . |
| 13 | Jarvis still occasionally played with it himself . |
| 14 | Where the Children 's Bureau had now advanced from restraint to diversion as a treatment for masturbation , Isaacs was giving a brief account of Oedipal conflict and advising parents that they were ‘ far more likely to do harm by rushing in to scold or correct than by leaving the child to deal with it himself — in a general atmosphere of calm goodwill ’ , and was citing Dr Ernest Jones in her support . |
| 15 | If , after all this , the local authority is ‘ disposed to grant consent ’ for the demolition ( and , in certain cases , the alteration ) of a listed building , it has to refer the application to the secretary of state so that he can decide whether to ‘ call in ’ the proposal and deal with it himself . |
| 16 | Cos once he 's got going he can get on with it himself then . |
| 17 | What had really confused everyone was the fact that Kemp always carried a hip-flask of brandy in the car 's glove compartment , and that he had given his wife — trapped by the legs beside him — several sips from this flask before the ambulance arrived ; and had even drunk from it himself ! |
| 18 | It is unlikely that Eliot would have taken the trouble to defend Kipling against the charge of race superiority if he had believed in it himself . |
| 19 | He did n't believe in it himself . |
| 20 | Koons plans to produce , direct and star in it himself . |
| 21 | He could n't cut it and he was enmeshed in it himself . |
| 22 | He 'd had Ribena with ice in it himself , and he could remember now , quite distinctly , thinking how horrible it must be for Kate , not to have a father , nor ever to have an occasion like this . |
| 23 | If he liked the house so much he could go and live in it himself and relive his happy memories . |
| 24 | Not his case , but he was in it himself , stuck like a fly . |
| 25 | ‘ Indeed , if Aristotle was a master of the art and handed his philosophy down to us very carefully , should n't he have proven everything in the most perfect form , especially when he insisted upon it himself — unless perhaps he intended to make fun of us ? ’ |
| 26 | It was thought he may have set a match to it himself . |
| 27 | I shall refer briefly to one of the matters touched on by the hon. Gentleman , although I shall not speak on it for as long as I had intended , because the hon. Gentleman made wide-ranging reference to it himself , I congratulate him on that . |
| 28 | Neckar Island was owned by Lord Cobham , who had never actually set foot on it himself . |
| 29 | This point emerged in a 1986 case in which the High Court accepted that a person seeking a job relies on the accuracy of a reference about his character and capabilities even if he does not actually ask for it himself . |
| 30 | ‘ They were about to , but at this point the man , seeing what had happened , panicked and made a run for it himself on foot . |