Sentence examples for proposed himself from inspiring English sources

He accepted, then proposed himself in October.

Mr Moon once proposed himself as supreme chairman of the reunited country, with a central ideology of "Godism .Even among Koreans, though, his name faded.

Rapidly, Allan became notorious for his bitingly quick wit, propensity to utter the outrageous and determination to assemble opposition to any motion he had not proposed himself.

Mr. Stack has proposed himself as a candidate for mayor in a separate election that would be on the same ballot as the recall vote.

At his most extreme, unguarded and cocaine-addled, Bowie proposed himself as a candidate for the job, whether as British PM, as the "first English president of the United States", or maybe even as ruler of the world.

Mailer ran for mayor of New York, proposed himself to the Kennedy Administration as a mediator on civil rights, and considered running in the Democratic Presidential primaries against Bill Clinton.

He was proposing himself as a transformative figure, the man who would spring the lock.

But, without directly proposing himself as the next prime minister, he outlined his belief in "the necessity and urgency of opening a new phase with a new executive".

But, without directly proposing himself as the next premier, he said the eurozone's third-largest economy urgently needed "a new phase" and "radical programme" to push through reforms.

In other comic-book movie news, Ben Affleck's casting as the caped crusader in the forthcoming sequel to this year's Superman reboot, Man of Steel, has inspired Justin Timberlake to propose himself for a role in future movies.

Hence the meeting with Stanley Kubrick, limply dramatized here, at which Flynn did indeed propose himself and his young belle, as a package deal, for the roles of Humbert and Lolita.