Example sentences of "done [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was there all right , standin' on one leg — 'ere , yer done yerself proud , Joe , findin' a nice-looking bit of stuff like 'er . |
| 2 | Sir Bernard 's many friends will fear he has not done himself justice . |
| 3 | On that basis , Livesey had done himself proud . |
| 4 | Ensure that the candidate got a fair deal and left feeling that he had done himself justice ? |
| 5 | ‘ He said to me that he felt that in the last couple of internationals he had n't done himself justice . |
| 6 | ‘ He believed in the code of loyalty and silence but he could have done himself a favour by letting us know where all the gold was . ’ |
| 7 | He tried ( unsuccessfully ) to get Mackenzie King , who was visiting , to speak as bluntly to the King as he had done himself , but the Canadian Prime Minister , although agreeing with Baldwin , preferred to use his audience for flattery rather than warning . |
| 8 | Fraser 's had two thousand pounds in cash and been allowed lots of time by the airforce , and the army gave him a radio used in the Falklands — the rest he 's done himself with a mortgage |
| 9 | Anne : What about Mr Major has he actually done himself any good this week ? |
| 10 | The one to feel it most is Wright , and Taylor said : ‘ He probably feels he has not done himself justice when he 's played . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ The call-offs mean that if anybody plays well against Germany he will have done himself a lot of good for the immediate future . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But here HM has done itself proud . |
| 15 | I think it 's quickly done itself actually . |
| 16 | Likewise in the case of Lewis 's Eve : if she is ransomed by Ransom 's struggle with the Un-Man in the underworld , a sort of Harrowing of Hell sequence , how can she be said to have resisted the temptation on her own ; and if she has not really resisted through her own strength — if she is to be rewarded with immortality and felicity for something she has not done herself — where is the justice in the punishment , on another planet , of Eve and her descendants , for something which again was not wholly her responsibility ? |
| 17 | Despite the fact that they had stopped their car , neither of the Shepherds seemed to care how she was , or whether she had done herself any harm sleep-walking up to the Monument . |
| 18 | In fact , she had probably done herself a great favour as , had she continued to suppress the memory , she might have caused herself great emotional problems in the future . |
| 19 | They sat for hours drinking tea in Mrs. Mounce 's flat downstairs , while Mrs. Mounce talked about her affairs with moustached men in export-import , and Tessa looked at the little bit here and the little bit there which Mrs. Mounce had done herself to brighten her own place up . |
| 20 | Add rush matting , yellow and white gingham curtains , and watercolours of fruit and vegetables which she had done herself , and the kitchen was rustically cosy . |
| 21 | And while she might not have done herself a lot of favours over the last five years , it has to be concluded that she is better getting out while the going 's still good . |
| 22 | Now what other injury have you done yourself ? |
| 23 | Sanding can be done yourself as long as you wear a medical mask ( from chemists or drug stores ) and are prepared for a lot of noise . |
| 24 | I had not run well ; I had not done myself justice . |
| 25 | At last I gained the crest of a rise , and there below me stretched the sloping flat rocks , and yes , the mermaids were there , their fur dry in the sun , their bodies slick and contented , their eyes closed , enjoying the afternoon , exactly as I had done myself . |
| 26 | Exactly what I 've done myself . |
| 27 | And I 've done myself a on that reckoning , because until we 've got that sorted anyway . |
| 28 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 29 | No , what I have done myself , I must undo myself . |
| 30 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |