Example sentences of "[pn reflx] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forester allowed himself a novelist 's licence in The Hornblower Companion , where admirably executed maps with concise accompanying comment helped to establish the factual background of his stones . |
| 2 | He fined himself a week 's wages for joining in a shouting match with Linfield officials after Tommy Leeman was booked for a tackle on Lee Doherty . |
| 3 | FURIOUS Ards boss Paul Malone fined himself a week 's wages after an angry clash with the Linfield bench as his team crashed out of the TNT Gold Cup yesterday . |
| 4 | ARDS manager Paul Malone fined himself a week 's wages last night after a touchline bust-up with Linfield rival Trevor Anderson . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Rincewind allowed himself a moment 's sadness . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Meredith allowed herself a moment 's speculation about this never-discussed time in Markby 's life . |
| 9 | She had learned as a girl and given herself a week 's holiday for a thirtieth birthday present . |
| 10 | Lewis says his love for his mother Vi will keep him out of trouble , declaring : ‘ She brought me into this world and I consider myself a mother 's boy — I owe it all to her . |
| 11 | ‘ I have fined myself a week 's wages and will be giving the money to charity . ’ |
| 12 | They 're specially chosen for summer drinking , when you feel like giving yourselves a connoisseur 's treat . |
| 13 | Make yourself a troubleshooter 's checklist . |