Sentence examples for he put himself up from inspiring English sources

In the unlikely event that the decision-makers of any Indian Premier League franchises had tuned in to the live coverage from Aberdeen, they might have wondered whether Bell would have been worth a punt when he put himself up for auction, but received no bids, in February.

"Look at his record and he deserves a shot at one of the big clubs and, to be honest, if he put himself up for a job like that I'm sure he'd get it," said Kevin Bond, now Bournemouth's manager but formerly Redknapp's first-team coach at Pompey.

After not quite two years in the Senate, he put himself up for the campaign committee's chairmanship, sending around a manifesto to his colleagues that promised to thin the ranks of consultants as a step toward cleansing "the political culture in America by 'defining up' the standards of debate, political discourse and campaigns".

He put himself up there and counted himself friends of the Mountbattens.

(Fitzpatrick told me that he supplemented his income by doing some modeling; in a bid to attract a sponsor, he also put himself up for sale on eBay).

"Harley then said he'd put himself up in Montreal and get himself there if I hired him," said Mr. Carmody, who credited Mr. Pasternak with helping him lose 45 pounds.

"He doesn't put himself up on a pedestal, even though he's one of the most marketable guys in the league," said Bobby Taylor, Philadelphia's veteran cornerback.

Undaunted, he has again put himself up for election to the board.

This time it was del Potro's turn to hold easily, and so he did to put himself up once again at 13-12.

"We told him to go away and think about whether he wanted to put himself up for selection," said the Great Britain technical director, Shane Sutton.

After that, there was the drama of Sir Peter Tapsell asking "Mr John Bercow" to confirm he was willing to put himself up for re-election.