Example sentences of "[verb] himself [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | possible that Paul has had a already had a reply from the Destiny people , you know , the ap at my urging Paul joins these people to find himself another girl because I 'm so sick of hearing about Karen who 's treated him made a fool of him totally |
| 2 | Benjamin , who had been walking for a month , found himself less welcome in his mother 's room and followed Ruth around the house like a pet lamb . |
| 3 | Before we leave Glamorgan , a word of congratulation to Stephen James , who has been opening in place of Butcher and compiling runs with the kind of technique that reveals how earnestly he is trying to establish himself this summer . |
| 4 | — the C. and A.G. satisfying himself that money spent has the proper authority ( s.1(1) ) . |
| 5 | Lewis asked himself this question as he went down in the lift and crossed the arrivals hall of Terminal Two to await the exodus from Customs . |
| 6 | He crept back into the kitchen and made himself another cup of tea . |
| 7 | And , while they were arguing , Conradin made himself another piece of toast . |
| 8 | He made himself some Ovaltine in the kitchen around ten-thirty p.m . |
| 9 | Back at the house Philip made himself some tea and ate some cereal . |
| 10 | Maxie made himself some coffee and took it out to the patio , where he surveyed the work to be done . |
| 11 | In the end he got up and made himself some coffee , then watched the early morning skies above Manhattan as he recalled the past . |
| 12 | Yet at other points the problem is rather the hijacking of the original message , as in the phenomenal lines : ‘ If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today/ He 'd be gunned down cold by the CIA/ Oh the lights that now burn brightest behind stained glass/ Will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart/ But God did n't build himself that throne/ God does n't live in Israel or Rome/ God does n't belong to the ‘ yankee dollar ’ / God does n't plant the bombs for Hezbollah ’ . |
| 13 | Having started the design ball rolling and given himself some idea of cast requirements , Barry moved on to his foremost task that of constructing the camera script . |
| 14 | He smiled craftily at Blunt and got himself another drink . |
| 15 | Douglas nodded and went to pour himself another cup of tea . |
| 16 | The despair of Jack 's friends has always been that he will not give himself any trouble . |
| 17 | If only he could give himself more time . |
| 18 | ‘ It is , but even the most hard-pressed executive owes it to himself to relax occasionally and give himself some space . ’ |
| 19 | But he has done himself some damage and will need to work hard , and with some care , if he is to secure re-election to the shadow Cabinet in November . |
| 20 | Having got this far , he allowed himself another minute or so before confronting the thousand-day journey which separated him from the bathroom . |
| 21 | She looked at George , but he was just pouring himself another glass of port . |
| 22 | The man did n't usually comment , but this time , after a pause , pouring himself another cup , he said : |
| 23 | Cranston murmured , pouring himself another cup of claret . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's two things right enough , ’ said Michel , pouring himself another beer . |
| 25 | I 'm obviously not meant to be rich … he says , pouring himself another beer in Spain ! ’ |
| 26 | Shane 's bought himself another car . |
| 27 | ‘ I feel ashamed to tell you this , Father , but Michael has bought himself another club , this time a bordello . ’ |
| 28 | He poured himself some water from a chilled carafe . |
| 29 | He glanced up at her almost respectfully as he poured himself some tea . |
| 30 | ‘ Not I , ’ said the old gentleman and poured himself some tea . |