Example sentences of "have [verb] [pn reflx] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Emperor takes personal command of his army whenever possible , and has earned himself an impressive record of victories and conquest . |
| 2 | Edmondson , meanwhile , has bought himself an adjustable music stool with some of his £100 , and given the rest to charity . |
| 3 | THE Queen 's cousin , Sir Angus Oglivy , has bought himself an early Christmas present — a Zike , the invention launched last summer by Sir Clive Sinclair but which has only just reached the shops at £499 . |
| 4 | Beating Bowe , whom he defeated at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , is clearly next on his list of priorities and a fight in Glasgow 's Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre , which has proved itself an ideal venue for world title contests , could be a possibility . |
| 5 | Erm and had he had he patented it or I do n't know about exactly the timing , he might have made himself an absolute fortune . |
| 6 | By the time the last participant cruised into Las Palmas the crew of Eevin had earned themselves an affectionate notoriety . |
| 7 | He had made himself an internal picture of me and now only examined it against my external appearance ’ . |
| 8 | Now , when Paul told her the truth , her first thought was that she wished she had got herself an extra gown , while she was at it ; in fact she had been unable conveniently to carry any more , or would have done so . |
| 9 | Then she had nodded slowly , and said , ‘ Sylvie , you know that you 've found yourself an elaborate means of coming to terms with your own childhood . |
| 10 | In preparing for his reconnaissance of Rhodes , the Commander had set himself an exacting routine of training , with long-distance swimming and other exercises hardening his physical endurance : habits of training his men would later find exhausting almost to the point of mutiny . |
| 11 | It is evident that the deputy head soon realised that he had set himself an enormous task , despite the fact that he decided to focus on the work of three ‘ target ’ pupils . |
| 12 | He turned on her eagerly and Maggie realised she had set herself an embarrassing trap and walked right into it . |
| 13 | The privatised boards have given themselves an inbuilt incentive to exploit their monopoly position . |