Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But I notice , little madam , you were pleased enough to find yourself a good Catholic … . ’ |
| 32 | Janet Parsons knows what it is to find yourself a victim of crime . |
| 33 | His sojourn in the car was simply to assure himself the messenger boy responded to the given description and had not been followed . |
| 34 | ‘ Maybe the party will be able to get some money out of it and we will be able to prostitute ourselves a little bit more . |
| 35 | He dropped the poker and went to pour himself a much-needed drink . |
| 36 | Thiercelin knelt to pour himself a mug of soup from the bowl in the hearth . |
| 37 | Mobuto got to his feet and moved to the sideboard to pour himself a bourbon . |
| 38 | Lorton showed them out and went to the kitchen to pour himself a drink . |
| 39 | But he simply side-stepped her to pour himself a glass of wine . |
| 40 | And , to put an end to the conversation , he walked firmly off to pour himself a cup of coffee . |
| 41 | He was just about to pour himself a drink when the phone rang , |
| 42 | There was no money , Hilbert having used all he possessed to purchase himself an annuity , but Wyvis Hall and its contents were Adam 's absolutely . |
| 43 | Nevertheless , the local historian will find it useful to think of his chosen parish or neighbourhood in terms of broad categories such as ‘ open-field arable ’ or ‘ wood-pasture ’ or ‘ fenland edge ’ and to set himself the fundamental task of understanding how people adapted themselves to their physical environment . |
| 44 | Voltaire , an altogether more sympathetic figure , who incidentally used to serve himself the best Burgundy while giving his guests vin ordinaire , observed in one of his philosophical tales that la lune de miel is followed the next month by la lune de l'absinthe . ] ) |
| 45 | Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week |
| 46 | The industry is split over whether to set itself a 20% or 35% ceiling on the percentage of assets that junk bonds can account for . |
| 47 | The prospect of1993 and the abolition of customs controls between EC countries has spurred the Italian State to set itself the awe-inspiring task of cataloguing a further two million items of its national heritage within two years in execution of its duty to ‘ care for Italy 's landscape , history and cultural heritage ’ ( to quote the Constitution ) . |
| 48 | The UK was prepared to set itself the " very demanding target " of stabilizing total UK emissions of CO2 at 1990 levels by 2005 as part of " a wide international effort , with a fair distribution of the burden " , and " provided others are ready to take their full share " . |
| 49 | Alice decided to sleep in the sitting-room again , because to choose herself a room would be a final separation . |
| 50 | ‘ You were talking to Charles , ’ said Liz , accusing , as she crossed to the sideboard to pour herself a drink . |
| 51 | Realising that she would probably be dismissed on the spot if Esther should discover her , she closeted herself in the pantry and proceeded to pour herself a glass of sarsaparilla from the big earthenware jug there . |
| 52 | Ianthe was not the type to pour herself a glass of sherry or gin as soon as she got home after a day 's work , nor yet to make a cup of tea . |
| 53 | Study takes time and the best way to use it is to set yourself a programme . |
| 54 | So one of the ways to overcome that is to set yourself a target to do more |
| 55 | Whether you choose to set yourself the task of becoming an accomplished windsurfer within seven days or opt to learn the sport at a more leisurely pace , Windsurfing in a week will prove as invaluable a companion as your buoyancy aid . |
| 56 | A good way of familiarising yourself with the principle of intervallic interchange is to set yourself the following task , both on and away from your guitar . |
| 57 | Try to allocate yourself a set time each day when you will practise your exercises . |
| 58 | Then she and Jack placed the woman in the care of the duty staff and wandered down to the staff lounge to pour themselves the dregs of the coffee . |
| 59 | If you were to serve yourself an average helping of cabbage , though , it would usually weigh at least two ounces if you were eating it raw as part of a portion of coleslaw , for example , or four ounces if you were serving boiled cabbage . |
| 60 | We all like to award ourselves a little extra something if we give up smoking or lose half a stone , so why not allow the child who is doing something difficult an incentive ? |