Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pn reflx] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but let's face it you 'll want to enjoy yourself love |
| 2 | Alistair erm he 's , he 's made himself er he has made himself coordinator . |
| 3 | He did not press for an immediate renewal of Anselm 's homage ; and William Giffard stopped calling himself bishop of Winchester . |
| 4 | At the grand age of 74 , Mr Schmidt has appointed himself Germany 's agony-aunt and scold , dishing out advice to politicians left and right . |
| 5 | Before I 'd joined they 'd called themselves Strand — after the Roxy Music song ‘ Do The Strand — and The Swankers but both these names were well past their sell-by date by the time I arrived . |
| 6 | It 's lucky they did n't choose to call themselves Captain America or something silly like that , because it might have proved embarrassing . |
| 7 | Would you like to help yourself love ? |
| 8 | I think there 's been a lot , a lot of publicity for childline , now , but you are n't directly in , associated with childline Fjn Well , we 've had , no , we 've had to call ourselves children 's line because for er obvious reasons we ca n't call ourselves childline , but it is the same type of thing , er run in a similar way , not exactly the same of course er partly because we have n't got the money that childline er attracts . |
| 9 | I think I 'm going to call myself Omar . ’ |
| 10 | Not when you think we were going to call ourselves Fleetwood Mac . ’ |
| 11 | So if you would like to prepare yourself responses and ready for a preparation , not preparation , presentation erm it 's coming to half past nine give you twenty minutes on that preparation , so if we can be back ten to ten this group please . |
| 12 | The essential point , moreover , is that the ‘ Hooligan ’ style was recognisable to their contemporaries ( and presumably to themselves ) as a distinctive mode of attire , thus helping to form the feeling which was struggling to give itself expression in other areas , that too much freedom and affluence had been given to the working class at the turn of the century . |
| 13 | The retreat movement is only just beginning to establish itself north of the Border and I feel strongly that a quiet space can be of real benefit in today 's hectic and stressful lifestyle . ’ ‘ |
| 14 | One of those old beldames who like to proclaim themselves keepers of secret mysteries . |
| 15 | I can decide to call myself Mary or Kate or Abigail if I feel like it , I said to myself as I sauntered along ( and up , and down , and round and round ) the sunny streets of Bristol . |
| 16 | The former Young Pretender himself lived to be 67 , and on his death , in Rome on 31 January 1788 , his brother Henry began to call himself Henry IX . |
| 17 | The solution is not to stop training , racing and getting up in the morning , but to make a few subtle adaptations , like allowing ourselves rest days we should have given ourselves years ago . |
| 18 | He 'll never have to see himself day after day in a mirror and wonder if it was worth it because he 's blind , you see . |
| 19 | I might have called myself Ross Trenear : . |
| 20 | She knew that a CBE would have meant that she could have styled herself Commander Carter , which is a lovely joke — but one to be resisted . |
| 21 | By not putting the matter to the test they may well have spared themselves refusal . |
| 22 | negative and excluding people , but I also think that labels can be very , very positive and very , very important and that 's , I think that 's why erm , people thought up the word feminism and yeah , okay we have to think about the word and we have to think about what it means for us so yeah , a lot of pe , er people do n't want to call themselves feminists because the label has such negative connotations , but it does also mean very positive things , it 's a way of bringing people together , it 's a way of supporting each other , it 's , you know it 's , brings solidarity to the movement and people need labels . |
| 23 | Many people who try to set themselves goals and call them objectives think they have failed when they do n't reach them . |
| 24 | I started to sing to give myself courage and to avoid running into someone . |
| 25 | As Derek Brown of Birchfield , who at 13 years old and speculating on a career in athletics , spending two evenings and a Sunday morning training , said : ‘ I do n't let it bother my school work 'cause I can get it all done in my other time , but this [ athletics ] is what I 'd really like to do ; I keep setting myself goals every year to get to the top . ’ |
| 26 | At Birch coppice , a firm which I think calls itself Leigh Environmental operates some large toxic and hazardous waste sites . |
| 27 | I do apologise , I do apologise yourself order I see it 's been placed on the early question question again ? |
| 28 | There was talk of one independent dealer losing £50,000 yesterday alone ; another was said to have found himself £150,000 out of pocket over the week . |
| 29 | Mm yes , do help yourself Ian . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ I have had so many disappointments , so many setbacks , that I have stopped setting myself targets . |