Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked on further down the street and when I spied a suitable coffee shop , I went in , sat down and ordered myself a soothing cuppa . |
| 2 | He slammed the phone down and allowed himself a small smile . |
| 3 | She lived alone , and therefore preferred convenience and fast foods rather than cook herself a proper meal with vegetables . |
| 4 | Since she left Downing Street , Lady T has sensibly turned her attention elsewhere and built herself a new and interesting life around the globe . |
| 5 | Perhaps they felt that it had been a dream all along , always doomed , this fantastical idea that their young brother would go on and get himself a serious education , even go to college . |
| 6 | Similarly , deliberately walk slowly and set yourself a specific time period for a relaxing lunch-break . |
| 7 | At Yanto 's suggestion they had each gone off and found themselves a long thin stick apiece . |
| 8 | Tony arrived home and poured himself a large whisky . |
| 9 | Shep got up and gave himself a good stretch . |
| 10 | Space-travel , science , the whole world waking up and stretching itself A new age is beginning . |
| 11 | Then I had to save up and buy myself a black dress for the afternoons when the housemaid was out , you see . |
| 12 | By the end of that season , when he won his first championship by a large margin , I had little doubt who had achieved the triumph : Niki is no braggart , but in the first of many longish talks , he explained to me that his nature was such that he really just could n't stand the second-rate ; and if you saw the second-rate around you , you had a clear choice — either you cleared out and found yourself the first-rate or you simply demanded that second-rate people became first-rate . |
| 13 | ‘ If the Tories get in , I 'll go out and buy myself a new frock , ’ said perhaps the most influential man in British fashion . |