Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pn reflx] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd just warn him off Tippy by saying she 'd got herself a big coon for a boyfriend . |
| 2 | She had given herself a fair amount of time to get to Luke 's , and if she left the motorway at the next junction and did n't hang around she 'd be only a little late at the most . |
| 3 | And yet , until Irina described me as bad-tempered , I had considered myself a peaceable man , a listener and an observer , occasionally a counsellor , even a mediator . |
| 4 | Malta had proclaimed itself a neutral state with a policy strictly founded on principles of non-alignment in 1981 . |
| 5 | The attack came shortly after a " committee of public salvation " , led by hardline Latvian CP leader Alfred Rubiks , had proclaimed itself a rival government to that of President Anatolijs Gorbunovs . |
| 6 | The year before , Ruari had built himself a wee turf hut among the skeps on the moor to keep an eye on them , but Mairi complained about having to bring his food so far , and he 'd given up using it . |
| 7 | Maggie Byrne had bought herself a black silk dress from a secondhand clothes shop in Seven Dials to wear for Paddy 's burial . |
| 8 | By the time he retired in 1917 , Whitelegge had proved himself a hard-working administrator . |
| 9 | Kim Ku was no longer of any real importance but Rhee had proved himself a formidable politician ; he had rallied moderate opinion , curbed the exuberance of his more militant supporters , and made conciliatory moves towards the Russians . |
| 10 | Guy had proved himself a past master at the art . |
| 11 | She was not about to confirm their obvious belief that the count had found himself a new woman . |
| 12 | He had realised as soon as he had employed Michael that he had found himself a kindred spirit . |
| 13 | She had brought herself a new swimsuit but after she had changed she 'd stared critically at herself in the mirror in the changing-room . |
| 14 | There was a faint affront on the girl 's face , as if she knew Rachaela had denied herself a similar vileness and suffering , the secrets of the female club . |