Example sentences of "[pn reflx] a new [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We got ourselves a new ball park , ’ said the man from Detroit .
2 We 've won ourselves a new world .
3 One technique they used was that each individual crafted by himself a new conversation to help the writer of the episode .
4 Prince sets himself a new goal
5 But Francis has replied by setting himself a new goal — carrying on past 40 .
6 He tried to find himself a new girl to take his mind off it : some new girl , because Peg had gone wrong .
7 Maybe he 'd better go and buy himself a new bike , that 's always a good way to break bits of the human body .
8 Funny he did n't give himself a new name , but maybe he felt there was no reason why he should .
9 In such cases it was to the obvious advantage of the farmer to build himself a new farmstead in the middle of his lands .
10 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 .
11 SMALL , West Ham 's forgotten striker , has set himself a New Year deadline to force his way back into Billy Bonds 's plans .
12 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 . ’
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 ?
16 He also got himself a new caddie , Froggy Davies .
17 ALAN CORK , aiming for his 150th League goal this weekend , has set himself a new target — to join the 200 Club .
18 She was not about to confirm their obvious belief that the count had found himself a new woman .
19 Gloucestershire 's ambulance service is giving itself a new look .
20 However , the party will give itself a new name when it resumes the congress next weekend .
21 However , the party will give itself a new name when it resumes the congress next weekend .
22 That was not in itself a new idea , but its content and significance were greatly enlarged by him .
23 ParcPlace Systems has got itself a new president and CEO ; Bill Lyons , former Ashton-Tate chairman and CEO who left when Borland took over .
24 Over the next few weeks it will slowly grow itself a new set of entrails .
25 But Swedish company International Färg , based at Angered near Gothenburg , has found itself a new role in the reshaped European arm of Courtaulds Coatings .
26 The car itself a new Rover 3500 was far from memorable in Gloucestershire ; it was probably the only British saloon a local landowner would think of owning .
27 Space-travel , science , the whole world waking up and stretching itself A new age is beginning .
28 A lonely nine-year-old has found herself a new granny and grandad by advertising in the local paper .
29 It 's really weird my mu erm one of my mum 's friends who 's a bit of goer , she 's got herself a new bloke called Jim yeah and he looks exactly like Jimmi Hendrix and he plays the guitar .
30 Katherine had even bought herself a new dress for the occasion out of her own pocket money topped up with a little from the bank account into which her own presents went .
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