Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pn reflx] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | if we 've given ourselves a budget of four thousand pounds and we 've ear |
| 2 | ‘ We 've given ourselves a chance to finish in the top three , a tremendous achievement for a team that was tipped for relegation at the start of the season . |
| 3 | We 've won ourselves a new world . |
| 4 | In his brother 's flat in Kemp Town , Ron Barton , who had filed his copy in the small hours — ‘ Wife 's greeting sends Tories packing ’ — had fried himself a pig 's kidney , and was greedily rereading his copy . |
| 5 | He might also have considered himself a very lucky man , as an actor of limited range who made his screen debut in the classic High Noon ( 1952 ) , playing the harmonica-playing member of the gang out to kill Gary Cooper . |
| 6 | He had become accustomed to great wealth , but he had a social conscience and may even have considered himself a socialist . |
| 7 | Commerce graduate Terry Blamey had won himself a reputation as one of Australia 's brightest entertainment entrepreneurs with his company Pace Entertainment . |
| 8 | This is how Chris Symonds earns his sporting glory … riding in the british bobsleigh team … he 's the number two man … and has just won himself a gold medal in the world cup competition … this weekend he competes in the world championships … he 's been back home to get ready to train for his rollercoaster ride on ice … |
| 9 | our next stop is over in Herefordshire at Ross on Wye … we 're meeting up with a young tennis player who 's won himself a place at the world 's top coaching clinic … the story of Tim Bibby is our Friday Feature |
| 10 | Vincentius had won himself a name as a reputable physician . |
| 11 | After nearly two decades of hard work , Robert Cray has earned himself a place alongside the blues aristocracy . |
| 12 | He also played cricket , and had already earned himself a bad reputation by smashing two windows in the village . |
| 13 | Clough added : ‘ He 's earned himself a contract not because of how well he has done for us , but because I think he can carry on after 32 . ’ |
| 14 | The Emperor takes personal command of his army whenever possible , and has earned himself an impressive record of victories and conquest . |
| 15 | Promising young batsman , Ian Place , seems to have booked himself a regular spot in A Division side . |
| 16 | At present , everything that Hewlett-Packard is doing looks right : it has won itself a reputation of taking better care of its customers , an example being the way it is not forcing its MPE users to move to Unix , instead letting them migrate at their own pace . |
| 17 | LARK LANE has always considered itself a little French . |
| 18 | That long-anticipated non-profit X trade association , the X Industry Association , brainchild of The X Business Group , is getting off the ground : it 's picked itself a chairman in David Harris of Adobe Systems Inc and the board includes Peter Winston of Xhibition , Peter Shaw of AGE Logic Inc , Stephen King of Tektronix , Brian Fitzgerald of Digital Equipment Corp and Michael Harrigan of Network Computing Devices Inc and Anil Malhotra of IXI Ltd ; members include Applied Digital Data Systems , Grafpoint , Hummingbird , Kinesix , Non Standard Logics , Omron , Shographics , TeleSoft , Visual Edge and Walker , Richer & Quinn ; the new body is to market , promote and educate in the name of X , leaving the X Consortium , while it still exists , to grapple with the technical issues . |
| 19 | Dangerfield has earned itself a distinguished place in the history of British textile production . |
| 20 | She had booked herself a bed at a YWCA hostel for the time being . |
| 21 | When she had booked herself a room the clerk had suggested taking either a water-taxi or a vaporetto to the hotel . |
| 22 | All during the night , over and over again , she had found it absurd that she 'd ever considered herself a happy woman . |
| 23 | She knew as sure as eggs was eggs that Kate , bless her , had finally caught herself a man . |
| 24 | She could have picked herself a better boyfriend . |
| 25 | Come to think of it , I did hear that those nuns had caught themselves a gypsy . |
| 26 | I had earned myself a little more time to think . |
| 27 | They 've picked themselves a chairman in David Harris of Adobe and the board includes Peter Winston of Xhibition , Peter Shaw of AGE Logic , Stephen King of Tektronix , Brian Fitzgerald of DEC and Michael Harrigan of NCD and Anil Malhotra of IXI . |
| 28 | The nearest neighbours of Ben Nevis , Carn Mor Dearg and Aonach Beag , both have summits above the 4000 mark ; to another of the group , Aonach Mor , the Ordnance Survey rather churlishly ascribes a height of 3999 only , a tribute to their meticulous accuracy but a pity they could not have permitted themselves a slight error of twelve inches . |
| 29 | If you achieve this , then a record deal is just around the corner , and you will have earned yourself a strong negotiating position which should enable you to sign the deal you want and not the first deal that is offered . |
| 30 | Incidentally , Willoughby , you 've earned yourself a black mark for that little trouble . |