Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made myself a nice profit out of it . |
| 2 | A year or two later , I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island . |
| 3 | I got myself a larger size and even they seemed to be pretty neat . |
| 4 | So , impressed by him , I got myself a bass guitar . |
| 5 | ‘ I got myself a few commissions — did I tell you I was thinking of going freelance ? ’ |
| 6 | I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin . |
| 7 | And so it went on in what was styled — even in the ranks — as the Baldwin Air Force , and it was in this environment that I found myself a mere fragment within a daily expanding Air Force . |
| 8 | One night I promised myself a hot water bottle , a basket of marzipan fruits and a video . |
| 9 | I poured myself a huge whisky . |
| 10 | I poured myself a stiff drink and tossed it down . |
| 11 | I allowed myself a brief glance at Alison 's ample contours . |
| 12 | Consequentially , when I saw him marching swiftly towards me I permitted myself a brief groan . |
| 13 | When summer comes and I finally have to reluctantly discard my thermals , I knit myself a few cardigans just in case it is not hot enough for me — and come to think of it , our weather is hardly ever hot enough for me . |
| 14 | I gave myself a brisk tub down with a towel — when I saw it in daylight it looked as though it had been run over by a lorry on a muddy building site — and changed every stitch of clothing . |
| 15 | Many years ago I knitted myself a sleeveless jumper in mercerised cotton ; this stretched in the wash until it was more like a mini-dress . |
| 16 | Soon after taking up my job as cub reporter I bought myself a big radio and a gramophone and continued collecting recordings of Gilbert & Sullivan and classical music . |
| 17 | She was a hard worker , and I call myself a hard worker and I know that some days I push myself too hard and my mother 's done that all her life . |
| 18 | Distracted from my course in self-improvement , I mixed myself a brutal martini and fell to pondering such juxtapositions . |
| 19 | Nevertheless one can hardly hope to discuss knowledge in a language any less metaphorical than Descartes ' ( I have myself a few paragraphs back analogized not only to seeing but to ‘ glimpsing ’ and being ‘ illuminated ’ by a ‘ flash ’ , not only to clarity but to drawing a ‘ clear line ’ ) . |
| 20 | Going through to the kitchen , she made herself a hot drink , and carried it into the room where the fire was at last beginning to heat up the air a little . |
| 21 | Later she made herself a light salad for lunch and ate it on the terrace . |
| 22 | In Israel if you got in debt you made yourself a voluntary slave for six years to the person you owed money to , a form of community service , and then you were set free after six years and your debts cancelled and you were given a new start in life . |
| 23 | ‘ Do you consider yourself a rich man ? ’ |
| 24 | At last , emerging into the street , she found herself a hundred yards behind John Harbour and Meredith . |
| 25 | Torn between tears and laughter , she found herself a clean dress and frilly hat in her locker and went into the showers . |
| 26 | The budget had been the topic of fierce argument , but in the end it was passed by a huge majority , satisfying the Prime Minister , who proclaimed himself a happy man after having threatened to resign if he did not get his way . |
| 27 | Now if you 're a racing buff , listen out because it 's a superb prize , if you consider yourself a little bit of an expert on the turf that is . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh bother ! ’ she allowed herself a wee expletive and reached for the telephone daintily with whitened fingers . |
| 29 | She took the men 's cheers as somehow directed at herself , at her person , not at the food alone , but unlike the chorus that might greet the appearance of some women of the town , they did not place her in danger , and she allowed herself a small smile in acknowledgement , and came forward to set the dish down . |
| 30 | She allowed herself a small smile . |