Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the outbreak of World War I Herbert joined the Irish Guards , despite his near-blindness , by the simple method of buying himself a second lieutenant 's uniform and falling in as the regiment boarded ship for France in August 1914 . |
| 2 | Damon Hill produced the performance he had dreamed of to give himself a great chance of finishing on the victory podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 3 | You will stand a far greater chance of giving yourself a hassle-free journey if you leave your trusty vehicle at home . |
| 4 | Following it for a while is like giving myself a good spring clean . ’ |
| 5 | It was like giving myself a little treat , like say buying a bottle of wine . |
| 6 | In this tale , two weeds grew on a river bank ; one of them conserved its energy , and grew low and small and brown , with its sights set on a long life , while the other put forth all its strength into growing tall and into colouring itself a beautiful green . |
| 7 | Yet even though Daniel had spread himself as far as he could , including making himself a primitive chapel out of an east-facing bedroom , there was still a good deal of vicarage left over . |
| 8 | Do not feel guilty about giving yourself a little time off occasionally like this . |
| 9 | Its leader , Alex Salmond , has lately taken to calling himself a Social Democrat , but this week his deputy , Jim Sillars , was again proclaiming full-blooded socialism . |
| 10 | None the less the opposite argument is equally shaky ; it would be frightening to imagine teachers embarking on the planning of a term 's work or even one single-period unit without asking themselves the simplest questions : " Why am I doing this ? |
| 11 | He wondered about making himself a hot drink but he 'd have to wait too long to drink it . |
| 12 | He normally managed this by allowing himself a few seconds of pure indulgence in sensation and then thinking of something neutral for a while and , if this did n't work , something really horrible . |
| 13 | When one boy attempted to impart some sense of movement to the still life by pouring himself an imaginary cup of tea the teacher lightly but firmly kicked him back to his seat , smiling and talking in a manner that confirmed for the pupil the ‘ naturalness ’ of this action . |
| 14 | The troubles in Kent dragged on sporadically for some two years ; in August 1450 a certain William Parmenter virtually proclaimed himself Cade 's successor by calling himself the second captain of Kent , in April 1451 there were troubles fomented by Henry Hasilden , and in May 1452 there was yet further disorder ( 42 ) . |
| 15 | Keep your tan looking even all over by giving yourself a weekly scrub . |
| 16 | Even so , Warner may have made a ‘ profit ’ out of the film after all , by charging itself a huge distribution fee . |
| 17 | But Francis has replied by setting himself a new goal — carrying on past 40 . |