Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pn reflx] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
2 | And earn yourself a few dollars at the same time . ’ |
3 | Pourquery displayed a variety of touch shots and moved with great athleticism about the court , to defeat his net rushing opponent 6–4 6–7 6–2 and earn himself an intriguing place in the final against Hunter . |
4 | If you take your guitar to your local music shop and try out their range of pedals , the chances are that you will find something to do the job and save yourself the substantial cost of a new set of pickups . |
5 | Maybe they 'll launch a putsch and get themselves a new chairman . ’ |
6 | She was thinking this so hard that she was not surprised when he stood up and said , " I 'm going to drop around to Felicity 's and get myself a real bath . " |
7 | ‘ And get yourself a good shoe designer and a good cutter , make your own shoes , begin an emporium instead of just importing and selling the leather , at least then you would not find yourself out on a limb in a man 's world . ‘ |
8 | go and get yourself a cold drink and bring it back up here . |
9 | go and get yourself a cold drink and come back and . |
10 | Bacteria which normally divide and reproduce themselves every twenty minutes can also form themselves into environmentally resistant spores capable of lying dormant , even entombed in rock , for maybe millions of years before a change of circumstance permits their release with continued growth and reproduction . |
11 | There they will hire a minibus and drive themselves the 1,000 kilometres overland to Bophuthatswana . |
12 | Put it into the fridge to set firm , and pour yourself a substantial nerve tonic . |
13 | I go and pour myself a generous gin from the bottle I bought on Thursday and add a dash of orange for colour . |
14 | The Berne-bound goods train was standing on the next track down ; all he had to do was cover the twenty yards between the two tracks and find himself an empty freight car . |
15 | Why do n't you follow in your workmate 's footsteps and find yourself a salaried job in London ? ’ |
16 | After graduating , however , you may wish to broaden your scope and find yourself an alternative form of payment . |
17 | Or perhaps she could be like Merlyn Joseph and find herself a rich man who would install her in a yacht . |
18 | Once you understand the basics of what the technology can provide you need to carefully consider your own situation and ask yourself the following questions : |
19 | Always check the final composition before the photograph is taken and ask yourself the following questions : |
20 | Here he was able to stand back from the onrush of western man and ask himself the real questions of life and meaning ; get his young life , full and successful as it had been , into perspective . |
21 | Still , I said to myself , so she has got a husband after all , because I was beginning to put two and two together and ask myself a few questions . |
22 | If you have a poor memory you could slip away for a moment and write yourself a quick note . |
23 | ‘ Would n't it be more sensible to sell your share to me and buy yourself a smaller place ? ’ |
24 | She had thought the quantities of gilt ( never did she credit that it might be real gold ) an evidence of shocking vulgarity , had sneered at the bad taste of the ornate picture frames , at the ridiculous excesses of the pictures themselves , and had felt a solid , suburban scorn for the frayed and patched tapestry chair seats and the faded hangings : she had wondered why , if so rich , they did not throw out their tatty Persian coverings , and buy themselves a good bit of fitted Wilton or Axminster in a good plain colour . |