Example sentences of "[pn reflx] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps we could allow ourselves a small sherry before dinner just for a change . |
| 2 | We each filled ourselves a small glass of vodka , and he said , ‘ George Dionisovich , I will try to help you for your kind heart and for your kind deeds ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ We got ourselves a new ball park , ’ said the man from Detroit . |
| 4 | We 've won ourselves a new world . |
| 5 | We are ourselves a major source of the moisture in the air inside our homes . |
| 6 | So let's ask ourselves a naïve question . |
| 7 | Here we need to ask ourselves a whole range of questions associated with the ways in which staff are managed in general and about the ways in which appraisal will be managed in the future — for there are choices to be made there in particular . |
| 8 | We have allowed ourselves a little licence with the sauce , ’ Angelina explained . |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe the party will be able to get some money out of it and we will be able to prostitute ourselves a little bit more . |
| 10 | We 've amused ourselves a little bit by putting William 's initials on there and the arms of his wife who was called Joan . |
| 11 | We blitzed ourselves a little bit I think you know , back pass we talked about , no back passes , ball gambles and everything , in he goes , two free headers basically . |
| 12 | Er and I say I want to come on the on the phone and I want to talk to James , I want to put him straight , I tell him that we 're not doing this and I want to tell him that we actually erm know that er the people will be concerned about us giving ourselves a huge pay rise . |
| 13 | We need to challenge ourselves , to move ourselves on , but we need to give ourselves a safe framework in which to do so . |
| 14 | Laura told Ross now as he poured himself a cool drink . |
| 15 | She found it obnoxious that her son permitted himself a living relationship when , like her , he should be occupying himself exclusively with a dead one . |
| 16 | A BURGLAR cooked himself a hearty meal after breaking into a fish and chip shop . |
| 17 | One technique they used was that each individual crafted by himself a new conversation to help the writer of the episode . |
| 18 | Prince sets himself a new goal |
| 19 | But Francis has replied by setting himself a new goal — carrying on past 40 . |
| 20 | He tried to find himself a new girl to take his mind off it : some new girl , because Peg had gone wrong . |
| 21 | Maybe he 'd better go and buy himself a new bike , that 's always a good way to break bits of the human body . |
| 22 | Funny he did n't give himself a new name , but maybe he felt there was no reason why he should . |
| 23 | In such cases it was to the obvious advantage of the farmer to build himself a new farmstead in the middle of his lands . |
| 24 | He was starting to appear distinctly shopworn , Lucy noted ; he seemed to have bought himself a new shirt , but a dip-through in a hotel washbasin did n't exactly make for the best possible finish . |
| 25 | SMALL , West Ham 's forgotten striker , has set himself a New Year deadline to force his way back into Billy Bonds 's plans . |
| 26 | Brian Clough , the Forest manager , said : ‘ His contract was not expiring but he deserved a rise for the contribution he has made over the last 12 months -so he earned himself a new deal . ’ |
| 27 | He has won three tournaments this year ; got himself a new agent , the all-powerful American golf manager , Mike Martinez ; and a new , and I 'm told very lucrative , golf club contract . |
| 28 | Only recently he 'd bought more land off the Roscarrocks ( who were selling to pay their church fines ) and built himself a new house made of ship 's beams and red brick , with upstairs rooms , a panelled hall , latticed windows and six curly chimneys . |
| 29 | So the other night my , the girl next door to us , her husband does painting and he 'd just got himself a new van I said fucking hell I said to him sometimes I said there 's a van outside I wan na know who it is , is that still on ? |
| 30 | He also got himself a new caddie , Froggy Davies . |