Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think we 'd make ourselves a laughing-stock . ’ |
| 2 | if we 've given ourselves a budget of four thousand pounds and we 've ear |
| 3 | ‘ We 've given ourselves a chance to finish in the top three , a tremendous achievement for a team that was tipped for relegation at the start of the season . |
| 4 | ‘ Come , ’ they say to one another , ‘ Let us build ourselves a city , and a tower with its top in the heavens , and let us make a name for ourselves , lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth ’ ( 11.4 ) . |
| 5 | Now they now said come on let us build ourselves a city and also a tower with its |
| 6 | By checking ourselves a moment before taking action , we give ourselves time to use our reasoning powers in investigating the most efficient and appropriate way of performing such an action . |
| 7 | ‘ Let's go hunt ourselves a party , ’ says the one who owns the boat . |
| 8 | So it is back to Portugal these Portugals can go , and tell Dom João to find himself a wife elsewhere . " |
| 9 | A newcomer to the political scene , whether lord or man , could not hope to operate outside this existing network , but had instead to find himself a place within it . |
| 10 | A newcomer to the political scene , whether lord or man , could not hope to operate outside this existing network , but had instead to find himself a place within it . |
| 11 | He told Calero he ought to find himself a code-name — a suggestion Calero virtually ignored — because ‘ the Soviets listen to everything on the east coast ’ . |
| 12 | In his brother 's flat in Kemp Town , Ron Barton , who had filed his copy in the small hours — ‘ Wife 's greeting sends Tories packing ’ — had fried himself a pig 's kidney , and was greedily rereading his copy . |
| 13 | He did have street cunning , most if it aimed to keeping himself a mystery . |
| 14 | For a second time du Guesclin found himself a prisoner of the English , who routed his army . |
| 15 | Back in Britain , Crawford found himself a choreographer , Leo Charibean , who taught him to dance the American way . |
| 16 | He came here with my grandmother when he was in his early twenties , changed his name from Vassilakas to Vass and found himself a job in the only trade he knew . |
| 17 | Then a bearded man in a bowler hat and overcoat came in , looked around and found himself a seat in a corner . |
| 18 | Spenser could consider himself a gentleman only on the basis of having been to university and acquired a Master of Arts degree . |
| 19 | In verse and prose he was hell-bent on facing himself when things were out of joint ; the scalpel-probe is counterbalanced by the unlearned , incurious manner in which he found deepest ease and joy out of doors — a way of healing he had discovered early in life , although he did not consider himself a naturalist . |
| 20 | No longer need he consider himself a charlatan , an impostor . |
| 21 | He had become accustomed to great wealth , but he had a social conscience and may even have considered himself a socialist . |
| 22 | There is no doubt Norman 's aggressive form of golf is one of the reasons why he appeals to galleries so much , but he might have to contain himself a bit more if he hopes to win on a more regular basis in the future . |
| 23 | " Pure reason ! " barked the Magistrate , unable to contain himself a moment longer . |
| 24 | Commerce graduate Terry Blamey had won himself a reputation as one of Australia 's brightest entertainment entrepreneurs with his company Pace Entertainment . |
| 25 | This is how Chris Symonds earns his sporting glory … riding in the british bobsleigh team … he 's the number two man … and has just won himself a gold medal in the world cup competition … this weekend he competes in the world championships … he 's been back home to get ready to train for his rollercoaster ride on ice … |
| 26 | Vincentius had won himself a name as a reputable physician . |
| 27 | our next stop is over in Herefordshire at Ross on Wye … we 're meeting up with a young tennis player who 's won himself a place at the world 's top coaching clinic … the story of Tim Bibby is our Friday Feature |
| 28 | Clough added : ‘ He 's earned himself a contract not because of how well he has done for us , but because I think he can carry on after 32 . ’ |
| 29 | After nearly two decades of hard work , Robert Cray has earned himself a place alongside the blues aristocracy . |
| 30 | At Chiswick Burlington built himself a villa , modelled on the Villa Rotonda of Palladio , but Pope at Twickenham had a villa too which was also expressive of Palladian principles ( Figs 3a , 3b ) . |