Sentence examples for had assigned himself from inspiring English sources

Wang had assigned himself a mission: he would attend at least one mixer a weekend until he found someone.

Schama has assigned himself a mission impossible.

And so he has assigned himself the mission of changing that.

That, according to long and troubling articles in both the Times and Newsweek, is a job Barack Obama has assigned himself.

Hughes took menial jobs whilst writing in his spare time, and claimed to have assigned himself the task of dashing off 100 jokes every day.

Then, as if to measure the magnitude of the job he has assigned himself, he said: "We're not in the business of making iPads.

The neutrino's task is not unlike the one that Dr. Greene (who teaches at Columbia University) has assigned himself: explaining the weirdest, most arcane principles of cutting-edge physics to lay readers.

General Martins has assigned himself to lead the latest attempt to prosecute Khalid Shaikh Mohammed — the architect of the terrorist attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people — and four other detainees who are scheduled on Saturday to be arraigned on war crimes charges at the naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

With great conviction, Peter has assigned himself a special role to "carry on" the trio's tradition.

"Para Donde Vas," the ring tone Crow had assigned to himself.

But largely he fulfilled the mission the Obama campaign had assigned him: humanize himself and Mr. Obama, attack Mr. McCain, and present a familiar voice and message to the swing voters and conservative Democrats that Mr. Obama had difficulty courting during the primaries.