Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pn reflx] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How she would have loved to have permitted herself that gesture , then to have stalked out of the room and slammed the door . |
| 2 | I should have discharged myself this morning . ’ |
| 3 | Rugby and last year 's losing finalists in the Provincial Insurance cup have earned themselves another crack at it . |
| 4 | Having started the design ball rolling and given himself some idea of cast requirements , Barry moved on to his foremost task that of constructing the camera script . |
| 5 | He had even taught himself classical Greek . |
| 6 | He had carried the day , of course , for although in fourteen years he had made himself supreme King in Alba , he was born to the north , and from Moray to the northernmost island of Orkney he was the leader men trusted and knew . |
| 7 | But he has done himself some damage and will need to work hard , and with some care , if he is to secure re-election to the shadow Cabinet in November . |
| 8 | On 3 May he gave an address on Milton at the Frick Museum in New York , in which he recanted his previously low opinion of the poet , and on this occasion he seemed to one observer " incredibly refined , visibly aged " — he had given the same address two months before to the British Academy , and thus had saved himself additional effort . |
| 9 | It 's arguable that the industry has done itself more damage by its inflated claims than anything else , because they spared people like Rifkin into action . |
| 10 | ‘ I could have saved myself that fee . ’ |
| 11 | Shane 's bought himself another car . |
| 12 | ‘ I feel ashamed to tell you this , Father , but Michael has bought himself another club , this time a bordello . ’ |
| 13 | Lochmaben lay some fifteen miles down Annandale , its fortalice a former Bruce stronghold , now a royal castle , of which it appeared , since the present Earl of Carrick 's shame and declension , Douglas had had himself appointed Keeper , by the Regent . |
| 14 | and financial circumstances and erm , this was something of course that I had to leave to the people who were working got himself another job . |
| 15 | and erm of course computers did n't help in the slightest because er , I think the er , I may be wrong about this but as I understood it erm the computer programmer worked for West Suffolk but at the time of reorganization he 'd got himself another job . |
| 16 | After 2 weeks , she reported back there had n't been any improvement but it turned out that she had bought herself some Arg Nit tablets as she did n't like the taste of the alcoholic water the LM was made up in ! |
| 17 | I had told myself that heat was cleansing , because I had grown fearful of water . |
| 18 | When I 'd convinced myself that girl whose hand |
| 19 | That had taken me a little time , partly as I was still sleepy , partly as I had so convinced myself Old Red had reported me . |
| 20 | Surprisingly , in the last decades is that literary studies , perhaps especially classical studies , which may seem to be at the other extreme of the academic spectrum from the sciences , have shown themselves more self confident in the use of computers than history has done , even though history is closer to the social sciences which have for long been acclimatized to quantification and computerization . |
| 21 | IF Gidon Saks has been in the last year the bovver boy of Scottish Opera , singing splendidly but speaking out of turn , he has surely redeemed himself this week directing the RSAMD Opera Class in two productions at the New Athenaeum . |
| 22 | Her blue skirt and jacket made her eyes look like azure pools , and she had given herself extra time to wash her hair , which now framed her face with tendrils of spun gold . |
| 23 | We have set ourselves four education targets . |
| 24 | Perhaps it was just embarrassment — the memory of how he had shamed himself that time when she had comforted him . |
| 25 | He had told himself that his name was Michael Holly , he had set himself that challenge . |
| 26 | Computer based , critical path planning ( CPP ) provides confidence that the organisation has carefully considered the requirements and has set itself realistic achievement targets . |
| 27 | She had given up work to have the children and she 'd seen them through to school age , when she 'd gone out and found herself another job . |
| 28 | ‘ She says not to worry , she 's found herself some work . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We play in the same position and I thought I 'd proved myself last season . |
| 30 | I 've driven myself crazy thinking about you , and now I 'm here … |