Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pn reflx] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Choir night , so I get myself an early supper . |
| 2 | Nine years have passed since my divorce and I tell myself the half-forgotten betrayals and deceits are old news . |
| 3 | I find myself the only thing is to change the subject . |
| 4 | Late that night I ask myself the age-old question . |
| 5 | It is the most beautiful thing you will ever wear — until I surpass myself the next time ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It is beautiful , ’ she said coyly , ‘ it is the most beautiful dress I will ever wear , until I surpass myself the next time . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | So when you 're planning your retirement , make sure that you give yourself a reasonable standard of living in terms of income . |
| 11 | If you can aim squarely , hold the club correctly and form a good stance , then you give yourself the best chance to strike the ball correctly . |
| 12 | That 's right trying to find work these days can be demanding and extremely frustrating so you want to make sure that you give yourself the best chance of getting a job and one way to help is to do a good application form and know how to handle yourself in an interview . |
| 13 | It could be that you 've never taken your family abroad on holiday , so you set yourself a little objective , that in two years ' time , I want to take them all , even if it 's a damn package deal on a flight to Tenerife , do it , will you feel good , will the family enjoy it ? |
| 14 | Again another thing too , is that boosting your ego side , if you s if you set yourself a little bit of a target and you can manage it er can you run up the hill ? |
| 15 | ‘ Well , I suggest yer get yerself a good mouser , ’ Mr Goodrich told her in no uncertain manner . |
| 16 | It 's not often you find yourself an enforced eavesdropper on two people screwing each other up with murder in their hearts . |
| 17 | The cause of the brave men and women who call themselves the Christian guerrillas is just . |
| 18 | You call yourself a trained secretary ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We set ourselves the 30,000 target for our 21st birthday — March 1992 , ’ John said . |
| 20 | The drama starts with a brief discussion of how people might live without modern technology , and ( using the model of the pictures they have seen ) , they build themselves a fortified encampment — a wonderful image this , with chairs organised into a large circle and then laid down so that the legs all face out . |
| 21 | They take five million pounds out of the scheme as a refund they give themselves a five year contribution holiday and not one penny of that improvement goes to the members . |
| 22 | It is a long way from the post-punk Big Black noise of old that first did the rounds of Ireland , which they confirm themselves the following day when , nursing Alps-sized hangovers , the threesome spill out stories of their past as we head through New York to the photo-shoot in the Bronx . |
| 23 | They set themselves the difficult task of disentangling this cosmic dust from the earthly sort . |
| 24 | They put the money into a bank account , out of which they pay themselves a monthly salary . |