Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made for it , taking a short cut through the carpark adjoining a few prefabricated sheds that called themselves the Hawkwood Industrial Estate . |
| 2 | Back at the tent it is getting late , so I set up the Trangia and cook myself a meal . |
| 3 | He was listening to old Legion marching songs and giving himself the Nazi salute in the mirror . |
| 4 | Jim Bob , thousands of miles from home , still nurturing that Fagin-style goatee , sits backstage at Boston 's Paradise Club and allows himself a crooked smirk . |
| 5 | When he came out , he thought , he would sit in the driver 's seat and allow himself a daydream . |
| 6 | ‘ Come on then you lot , ’ shouted Yanto , ‘ Let's have a wander and get ourselves an appetite . ’ |
| 7 | I made sure I did n't put on too much weight and set myself a final goal — to get down to 13 stone . ’ |
| 8 | There they will hire a minibus and drive themselves the 1,000 kilometres overland to Bophuthatswana . |
| 9 | Tonight he had been immersed in scenes of Mafia violence and found himself the next moment slumped in the Chesterfield staring at silver snow on the screen . |
| 10 | People prefer to be opportunists and leave themselves the flexibility of ‘ seeing what happens and reacting accordingly ’ . |
| 11 | There was a gulph [ sic ] between slavery and freedom which could neither be filled up nor closed over and across which the slave must leap ere he alighted on the other side and found himself a free man . |
| 12 | After she had given Miguel time to pay the bills and get away , she retraced her steps and found herself a table at a café in an arcade in one of the ornamental squares by a pretty fountain . |
| 13 | She sat at the breakfast bar and lit herself a cigarette . |
| 14 | The bar chart that was the result of the survey we did you need to look at that piece of work and ask yourself a question , is this piece of work the best thing I have ever done ? |
| 15 | She made a chicken salad and poured herself a glass of chilled white wine , then put them on a tray and took them into her sitting room . |
| 16 | I do n't think he meant me harm , but somehow I hit the corner of the wardrobe and got myself a black eye and one or two other bruises … ’ |
| 17 | Why do you stay in Sècheron and deny yourself the pleasures of Geneva ? ’ |
| 18 | Why do n't you follow in your workmate 's footsteps and find yourself a salaried job in London ? ’ |
| 19 | So put on suitable clothing and a pair of comfortable sturdy shoes and set yourself a target of a 20 minute brisk invigorating walk . |
| 20 | With her here to keep la Principessa happy , he could slip the leash and enjoy himself a bit — and if he could seduce her into his bed in between times , so much the better . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't you know it 's an offence to lie down on the King 's highway and make yourself a danger to passing traffic ? ’ |
| 22 | It was indeed amazing that the geese did not cackle ; that so many young people held their peace and denied themselves the self-importance of being known to possess a supreme secret . |
| 23 | She had learned as a girl and given herself a week 's holiday for a thirtieth birthday present . |
| 24 | Man may enslave the elements but remain himself a slave . ’ |
| 25 | For they that sometime step up and play with them , when they can not play their parts , they disorder the play and do themselves no good . |
| 26 | I was thinking I would boil the sheets that evening and ask the chemist for a powerful disinfectant and give myself a vinegar douche to get rid of all the germs inside me . |
| 27 | I strode over to the bookstall and bought myself a map of the place . |
| 28 | She developed uncomfortable neuritis in her right shoulder : ‘ writer 's cramp ’ she decided with resignation and bought herself a typewriter . |
| 29 | Bishop felt the slight weight of a simularity crystal in the pocket of his robe and allowed himself an inward smile . |
| 30 | He went to the side-table and poured himself a glass of water . |