Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Anya permits herself a triumphant smirk as she passes the mirror ; Rainbow seems to have forgotten my existence . |
| 32 | Lorton left the pub just as Viol bought himself a second pint . |
| 33 | Hospitals were to become a setting later in the decade for ‘ Doctor ’ films , ‘ Carry Ons ’ and such tepid dramas as Behind the Mask ( 1958 ) , but the genre can be traced back to White Corridors ( 1951 ) where , amidst the routine romantic squabbles , and an occasional lecture on the working of the NHS , two strong stories evolve : a researcher develops a drug that will kill infections resistant to penicillin and his lover secures herself a registrar 's post against nepotistic competition , by skilfully operating on a patient her rival has misdiagnosed . |
| 34 | The Task Force set themselves a tall order , comprised as they were of a wide range of largely voluntary community groups diverse experience of land-use issues and perceptions of the problems — spanning local issues to National land-related policies . |
| 35 | You 've lo lost all the opportunities to make yourself a bit more money which is what we 're talking about here . |
| 36 | Lorton showed them out and went to the kitchen to pour himself a drink . |
| 37 | Gazza said : ‘ Some of what he did might have been wrong but I respect the fact that Maradona made himself the player Napoli could n't do without when he was in Italy . |
| 38 | Now ecologists found themselves the veritable gurus of our age . |
| 39 | Ruth fixed herself a cold drink and sat out on the balcony of the apartment to drink it . |
| 40 | Zambian broadcasters found themselves a long way down the civil service hierarchy and were accordingly poorly paid , some earning the meagre salary of a junior clerk ; certain technical studio operators received little more than messengers did . |
| 41 | Mr Barker found himself an innocent victim and he was questioned and released . |
| 42 | In the early 1920s , when the industry was increasingly the preserve of the studios , Goldwyn found himself an outsider , an independent producer in competition with the majors . |
| 43 | Mr Spencer told the jury : ‘ For a period of two years , from about the age of 13 onwards , the girl found herself the target of sexual and physical abuse from her stepfather . |
| 44 | I can with a few deft strokes build myself a crenellated castle with coloured windows , or a maze of evergreen , or a field of rippling corn , or a fat blackbird with bright eyes picking at a cluster of red berries . |
| 45 | A cup of tea may be her usual tipple , but on such a special day , Nancy allows herself a drop of something a little bit stronger . |
| 46 | Ukraine proclaimed itself a nuclear-free republic on Aug. 28 , seeking the removal to Russia of nuclear weapons currently stationed on its territory . |
| 47 | Ianthe was not the type to pour herself a glass of sherry or gin as soon as she got home after a day 's work , nor yet to make a cup of tea . |
| 48 | Many golfers give themselves no chance of playing well because they ruin the swing with a poor takeaway . |
| 49 | Briant allowed himself a small sigh of irritation . |
| 50 | Cornelius poured himself a cup and topped up the daddy 's . |
| 51 | Let us try setting some adjectives of this type into ordinary sentences : ( 34 ) our future chairman smokes heavily Lorraine showed herself a real friend Charlie 's old school has some fine pictures The obvious points may be made : the " chairman " is already alive , there need be no doubt about Lorraine 's existence , and Charlie 's school may be relatively new . |
| 52 | Wickham fetched himself a chair . |
| 53 | Rincewind allowed himself a moment 's sadness . |
| 54 | A BURGLAR cooked himself a hearty meal after breaking into a fish and chip shop . |
| 55 | NORTHERN Ireland guaranteed themselves a show-down with their World Cup rivals , the Republic , in Dublin next month after victory in Tirana yesterday . |
| 56 | Some people do not feel ready for this , and need to find voluntary or part-time paid work to give themselves a feeling of worth and to supplement an inadequate pension . |
| 57 | The boy raised himself a little from the bed . |
| 58 | Jacobs ' folly had been to play ‘ Ca n't Happen Here ’ ‘ by a group of American male singers calling themselves the Mothers of Invention ’ on BBC TV 's Juke Box Jury , adding that the record had been made on a ‘ trip ’ . |
| 59 | Émile permitted himself the luxury of imagining I had come to Paris just to see him . |
| 60 | For the mass of Muslims this is a non-issue — though I think British and European Muslim communities did themselves a colossal disservice in the beginning by failing to dissociate themselves properly from terrorist acts . |