Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pn reflx] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 've time to spare and you want to give yourself a pleasure , the Italian boy 's schooling Miss Dersingham 's big fellow . ’ |
| 2 | You want to spoil yourself a bit , that 's what . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You want to prescribe yourself a tonic , ’ said Jackie darkly . |
| 4 | If you want to get yourself a drink , Alex , do . |
| 5 | First of all , I want to defend myself a little against the charge of being the most intelligent man in the world . |
| 6 | He merely stared at her with his bulging eyes and she went on : ‘ There are biscuits in the tin by the cooker and there is plenty of milk if you want to make yourself a hot drink . ’ |
| 7 | Punget Kore says in a meeting with Labour councillors next week the centre 's organisers hope to win themselves a reprieve . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I intend to give myself a reward , ’ Merrill said , going over to his window and closing it . |
| 9 | We all like to award ourselves a little extra something if we give up smoking or lose half a stone , so why not allow the child who is doing something difficult an incentive ? |
| 10 | Try to allocate yourself a set time each day when you will practise your exercises . |
| 11 | Go buy yourself a book on the Holocaust , preferably one with lots of pictures . |
| 12 | ‘ You go buy yourself a really pretty dress to wear for Harry 's coming-of-age party , Peachcake . |
| 13 | ‘ Then go buy yourself a necklace or something to wear with it , ’ Wendell replied with his customary generosity . |
| 14 | I always try to make myself a little nervous , so that I can perform . ’ |
| 15 | So do give yourself a break . |
| 16 | I know north of border , nothing happens south of the border and like but , but we do deliver down here so do , do give yourself a little practise of that . |
| 17 | But , er , that 's been resolved fortunately , we 've still got some delays on the Northern Line , and er , obviously do allow yourself a little extra time if you 're a Northern Line traveller . |
| 18 | It 's always the pressure that I give myself , and I 've given myself a lot of pressure this last year ’ , she revealed . |
| 19 | Well I 'm gon na come out , I said er , I 'm going to , I 'm gon na get well , I 've given myself a fortnight this weekend |
| 20 | It may not be the bit that you 're going to eventually use for your assignment , because you 're a bit unsure taped up your assignment , but bring a short transcription , at least one side of A four , because if you do that , you will , if you 've given yourself a chance of actually trying it out , you will begin to see the problems and and the whole thing will be much more interesting and more rewardable . |
| 21 | if we 've given ourselves a budget of four thousand pounds and we 've ear |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | They 've picked themselves a chairman in David Harris of Adobe and the board includes Peter Winston of Xhibition , Peter Shaw of AGE Logic , Stephen King of Tektronix , Brian Fitzgerald of DEC and Michael Harrigan of NCD and Anil Malhotra of IXI . |
| 24 | We 've won ourselves a new world . |
| 25 | Incidentally , Willoughby , you 've earned yourself a black mark for that little trouble . |
| 26 | ( You 've earned yourself a booking ! — Ed . ) |
| 27 | And I 've done myself a on that reckoning , because until we 've got that sorted anyway . |
| 28 | The New FADS missed the boat , but , well look here , they 've built themselves a new one . |
| 29 | right , you 've made yourself a , your , twenty thousand anyway , then you could probably buy a , a nice little two bedroom bungalow |
| 30 | ‘ You 've made yourself an enemy for life instead of a friend for life — very clever , that . |