Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] has [verb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.

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1 GARY SPEED has set himself a double task — to resurrect the fortunes of club and country .
2 SOCCER ace Gary Lineker has set himself a tough new goal — learning Japanese in just six months .
3 However , ownership of the Sussex Cricketer has proved itself a much higher quality asset than a promising ream , and the £62,500 rental from it flows straight through to the bottom line , as do some handsome donations .
4 After nearly two decades of hard work , Robert Cray has earned himself a place alongside the blues aristocracy .
5 But now Mr Gorbachev has made himself the unpalatable alternative .
6 The Marton Road secondary has set itself a target of £1,200 .
7 In the political parlance of 1992 , I suppose it might be said that Mr Platt has given himself a double whammy .
8 EDDIE Murphy has declared himself a servant of God .
9 And , in the view of Liberals , Mr Lloyd George has shown himself a faithless trustee of their traditions and beliefs .
10 Mike Gatting has proved himself an excellent one-day captain , winning several trophies with Middlesex during the 1980s .
11 York Benedictine monk Cyril Brooks has set himself a 100-mile a day challenge to cycle around Britain to raise money for a church convention .
12 WITH the prospect of a five-year term , John Major has set himself a formidable agenda .
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