Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] himself a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The notorious Dr Crippen , he pointed out , in fact murdered his assertive wife only because he was too vain simply to run away from her and make himself a target for scorn . |
| 2 | So he went and got himself a commission before conscription became law . |
| 3 | Peter left school and got himself a sales job but he was discovered stealing from a customer . |
| 4 | Mitch offered , and got himself a glare . |
| 5 | He put the phone down and went and got himself a malt whisky , a squat , powerful-looking man with white hair who wore steel-rimmed spectacles . |
| 6 | Only recently he 'd bought more land off the Roscarrocks ( who were selling to pay their church fines ) and built himself a new house made of ship 's beams and red brick , with upstairs rooms , a panelled hall , latticed windows and six curly chimneys . |
| 7 | Maybe he 'd better go and buy himself a new bike , that 's always a good way to break bits of the human body . |
| 8 | As soon as the shops opened after the holidays he was going to go out and buy himself a tie ! |
| 9 | He had little success , however , in his efforts to persuade the Dutch that Sukarno was a man with whom they could do business and found himself a reluctant pig in the middle , reviled by one side as a fascist imperialist and by the other as an irresponsible revolutionary . |
| 10 | Then a bearded man in a bowler hat and overcoat came in , looked around and found himself a seat in a corner . |
| 11 | There was a gulph [ sic ] between slavery and freedom which could neither be filled up nor closed over and across which the slave must leap ere he alighted on the other side and found himself a free man . |
| 12 | He came here with my grandmother when he was in his early twenties , changed his name from Vassilakas to Vass and found himself a job in the only trade he knew . |
| 13 | Mr Flood was silent and blessed himself a great deal when he heard the news . |
| 14 | Jim Bob , thousands of miles from home , still nurturing that Fagin-style goatee , sits backstage at Boston 's Paradise Club and allows himself a crooked smirk . |
| 15 | We got to hear about this " mad American " who had designed and built himself a magnificent villa in an almost inaccessible spot on the side of the mountain . |
| 16 | He took off his shoes , climbed into a chair , rolled a cigarette and poured himself a coffee . |
| 17 | He walked back into the lounge , picked up a bottle half full with scotch , and poured himself a liberal glass full . |
| 18 | He went to the side-table and poured himself a glass of water . |
| 19 | He found the bottle of Southern Comfort and poured himself a large measure . |
| 20 | When he was gone Klaus Ebert went across to the decanter and poured himself a second brandy . |
| 21 | Carrying the telephone with him , he walked into the kitchen and poured himself a small whisky . |
| 22 | Charles went back on his resolution and poured himself a large Bell 's . |
| 23 | She noted the flicker of a smile as he came into the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee , but she ignored him , turning her back as she scanned the phone book , desperately hunting for a garage that was reasonably near to this god-forsaken place . |
| 24 | He came into the room and poured himself a glass of water from the earthenware jug which stood , as it did in all the offices of Cairo , in the window so that the air currents could cool it . |
| 25 | He took the bottle of whisky from the dresser and poured himself a drink . |
| 26 | When she had gone he took his bottle of schnapps from the bedside cupboard and poured himself a glass , then lay back against the pillows , thinking about what to do next . |
| 27 | Tony arrived home and poured himself a large whisky . |
| 28 | He slammed the phone down and allowed himself a small smile . |
| 29 | The second time I 've sat like this , he thought , and allowed himself a wry smile . |
| 30 | He upended each of them in turn and allowed himself a grim little smile of satisfaction when a squirming scorpion tumbled from one of them . |