Example sentences of "[verb] done [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he has done himself some damage and will need to work hard , and with some care , if he is to secure re-election to the shadow Cabinet in November . |
| 2 | It 's arguable that the industry has done itself more damage by its inflated claims than anything else , because they spared people like Rifkin into action . |
| 3 | But here HM has done itself proud . |
| 4 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It was a very important game , because one of the top assessors was there , but if I continued after half time , I could have done myself harm physically . |
| 7 | ‘ He believed in the code of loyalty and silence but he could have done himself a favour by letting us know where all the gold was . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The call-offs mean that if anybody plays well against Germany he will have done himself a lot of good for the immediate future . ’ |
| 9 | And while she might not have done herself a lot of favours over the last five years , it has to be concluded that she is better getting out while the going 's still good . |
| 10 | Exactly what I 've done myself . |
| 11 | And I 've done myself a on that reckoning , because until we 've got that sorted anyway . |
| 12 | I think Shrewsbury have done very very well , they conceded a goal very early on in the game and they could have gone to pieces but they gathered themselves together , got back in the game with a goal from and they 've done themselves proud so far . |
| 13 | On that basis , Livesey had done himself proud . |
| 14 | Ensure that the candidate got a fair deal and left feeling that he had done himself justice ? |
| 15 | He tried ( unsuccessfully ) to get Mackenzie King , who was visiting , to speak as bluntly to the King as he had done himself , but the Canadian Prime Minister , although agreeing with Baldwin , preferred to use his audience for flattery rather than warning . |
| 16 | Reid insisted that his team had done themselves a favour in their quest to make a late run for Europe and that any favours done for neighbouring causes were only coincidence . |
| 17 | The gods of the Caesars had done themselves proud . |
| 18 | At last I gained the crest of a rise , and there below me stretched the sloping flat rocks , and yes , the mermaids were there , their fur dry in the sun , their bodies slick and contented , their eyes closed , enjoying the afternoon , exactly as I had done myself . |
| 19 | Despite the fact that they had stopped their car , neither of the Shepherds seemed to care how she was , or whether she had done herself any harm sleep-walking up to the Monument . |
| 20 | They sat for hours drinking tea in Mrs. Mounce 's flat downstairs , while Mrs. Mounce talked about her affairs with moustached men in export-import , and Tessa looked at the little bit here and the little bit there which Mrs. Mounce had done herself to brighten her own place up . |
| 21 | Add rush matting , yellow and white gingham curtains , and watercolours of fruit and vegetables which she had done herself , and the kitchen was rustically cosy . |
| 22 | ‘ I do feel that financial managers have done themselves a disservice by just giving the numbers — you have to stop , take the managers through them and be an integral part of the operation . ’ |
| 23 | Indeed , I believe that those who insist on scaremongering have done themselves and the NHS no good by concentrating on the privatisation scare . ’ |
| 24 | No , what I have done myself , I must undo myself . |