Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the political parlance of 1992 , I suppose it might be said that Mr Platt has given himself a double whammy .
2 ‘ He has given himself a hard race , ’ said Josh Gifford , but if he recovers quickly the seven-year-old will go for the H and T Walker Chase at Ascot next weekend .
3 A FRENCHWOMAN has given herself the ultimate facelift in an attempt to create the perfect features .
4 The Emperor takes personal command of his army whenever possible , and has earned himself an impressive record of victories and conquest .
5 Dangerfield has earned itself a distinguished place in the history of British textile production .
6 He tried to find himself a new girl to take his mind off it : some new girl , because Peg had gone wrong .
7 Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week
8 Now Pound has interested himself a great deal in the order of the Templars , to which Pierre of Castillon belonged .
9 But now Mr Gorbachev has made himself the unpalatable alternative .
10 And , in the view of Liberals , Mr Lloyd George has shown himself a faithless trustee of their traditions and beliefs .
11 ParcPlace Systems has got itself a new president and CEO ; Bill Lyons , former Ashton-Tate chairman and CEO who left when Borland took over .
12 Edmondson , meanwhile , has bought himself an adjustable music stool with some of his £100 , and given the rest to charity .
13 THE Queen 's cousin , Sir Angus Oglivy , has bought himself an early Christmas present — a Zike , the invention launched last summer by Sir Clive Sinclair but which has only just reached the shops at £499 .
14 Newbridge Networks Corp is at the forefront of Asynchronous Transfer Mode technology according to analysts contacted by Reuters : ‘ No-one else is shipping true ATM switches and they 've already shipped 60 switches , ’ Terry Murphy , a senior analyst at Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co said , adding that because no-one will need the sort of capacity offered by Asynchronous Transfer Mode transmission systems until later in the decade , Newbridge has bought itself a virtual insurance policy by leading in deployment .
15 A freelance musician has found himself the perfect practice room … an empty theatre which he has all to himself .
16 But Swedish company International Färg , based at Angered near Gothenburg , has found itself a new role in the reshaped European arm of Courtaulds Coatings .
17 THE Albert Fisher fresh food distributor is to raise £180million to fund expansion and has found itself a strong shareholder in the process .
18 A lonely nine-year-old has found herself a new granny and grandad by advertising in the local paper .
19 Lacking only her native forest ( now probably half chewed away by acid rain ) , and the dorf ( whose last inhabitants ' bones still lie jumbled in a secret pit ) our Anya has found herself a little home from home .
20 SMALL , West Ham 's forgotten striker , has set himself a New Year deadline to force his way back into Billy Bonds 's plans .
21 ALAN CORK , aiming for his 150th League goal this weekend , has set himself a new target — to join the 200 Club .
22 GARY SPEED has set himself a double task — to resurrect the fortunes of club and country .
23 WITH the prospect of a five-year term , John Major has set himself a formidable agenda .
24 Stewart ( 31 ) will join the Glens this week and has set himself a three week target to be ready for first team action .
25 The RSPB campaign launched this week has set itself the ambitious target of trying to reverse the Common Agricultural Policy , or CAP , which encourages intensive farming .
26 And next year she has set herself the personal goal of raising £500,000 .
27 Eric has proved himself a first class performer . ’
28 Beating Bowe , whom he defeated at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , is clearly next on his list of priorities and a fight in Glasgow 's Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre , which has proved itself an ideal venue for world title contests , could be a possibility .
29 And in doing so she has proved herself a mightier force than the Palace propaganda machine , which suggested that she might not attend because she was too old and frail to make the long journey to Crathie Church .
30 He has driven himself a long way in a short time ( abandoning , for example , the naïve ) ; he will drive on , and we shall have to see how he uses this hardness , emphasis , energy and comprehensiveness , how much more power he has of development . ’
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