Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | York Benedictine monk Cyril Brooks has set himself a 100-mile a day challenge to cycle around Britain to raise money for a church convention . |
| 2 | By her insulation , Czechoslovakia has bought herself a safe and steady misery and avoided the worst buffetings of the decade : only 27.3 per cent of the country 's trade was conducted outside the Bloc in 1978 , compared with over 50 per cent in the case of Poland and Romania . |
| 3 | The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities has declared itself a potential purchaser but is apparently negotiating on the asking price which is said to be $2 million . |
| 4 | WIMBLEDON boss Joe Kinnear promised to buy himself a walkie-talkie last night after landing a month-long touchline ban , writes Ben Bacon . |
| 5 | The university has set itself the objective of becoming an outstanding research and teaching university . |
| 6 | After nearly two decades of hard work , Robert Cray has earned himself a place alongside the blues aristocracy . |
| 7 | GARY SPEED has set himself a double task — to resurrect the fortunes of club and country . |
| 8 | An application has been made to the Charity Commissioners for the Bradford Atea Project to be given registered charity status and the association has set itself a target of raising £20,000 during the next 12 months . |
| 9 | But now Mr Gorbachev has made himself the unpalatable alternative . |
| 10 | A FRENCHWOMAN has given herself the ultimate facelift in an attempt to create the perfect features . |
| 11 | Lacking only her native forest ( now probably half chewed away by acid rain ) , and the dorf ( whose last inhabitants ' bones still lie jumbled in a secret pit ) our Anya has found herself a little home from home . |
| 12 | She does her weekly shopping not in a huge supermarket but in the camp 's NAAFI and in an effort to actually go out and meet people Sue has got herself a day job . |
| 13 | A freelance musician has found himself the perfect practice room … an empty theatre which he has all to himself . |
| 14 | However , if one error is fatal , two can not be worse , so by causing a recombination element R has given itself an evens chance of survival , whereas without recombination it had none . |
| 15 | However , Oldfield did get himself a lawyer , and after negotiation with Virgin , an amendment to his contract was signed in April 1977 , increasing his royalty rate to 8 per cent . |
| 16 | At the start of the decade the 2-Tone bands were keeping everybody up to scratch about racism , and by the end of it a member of Duran Duran had bought himself a house in South Africa . |
| 17 | The year before , Ruari had built himself a wee turf hut among the skeps on the moor to keep an eye on them , but Mairi complained about having to bring his food so far , and he 'd given up using it . |
| 18 | Commerce graduate Terry Blamey had won himself a reputation as one of Australia 's brightest entertainment entrepreneurs with his company Pace Entertainment . |
| 19 | ( They were eventually to get another dog — a very lively golden retriever , but before that Warnie had bought himself a boat . ) |
| 20 | She was in some ways , a female Kenneth Williams , an eccentric who could emote facially and vocally in a way in which Ken had established himself the master . |
| 21 | No well , you see Andy 's got himself a |
| 22 | SOCCER ace Gary Lineker has set himself a tough new goal — learning Japanese in just six months . |
| 23 | Although questions of interpretation are traditionally questions of law the court will intervene only if the expert has asked himself the " wrong question " : see 13.6.8 , 13.8 and 13.9 . |
| 24 | Whichever way a point of law is resolved , including without lawyers being consulted , a decision on a point of law will stand unless the expert has asked himself the wrong question of law . |
| 25 | However , this line of challenge has been closed down by Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 , which allows challenges only if the expert has asked himself the wrong question , including a question of law . |
| 26 | A party who wishes to appeal from a decision of an expert will be able to do so only : ( 1 ) if the expert has decided the wrong issue ; or ( 2 ) if the expert has asked himself the wrong question : see 13.6.8 . |
| 27 | However , ownership of the Sussex Cricketer has proved itself a much higher quality asset than a promising ream , and the £62,500 rental from it flows straight through to the bottom line , as do some handsome donations . |
| 28 | If a boy has to prove himself a man by his performance , then a girl has to prove herself a woman by her attractiveness , her desirability . |
| 29 | If a boy has to prove himself a man by his performance , then a girl has to prove herself a woman by her attractiveness , her desirability . |
| 30 | With the approach to independence , when the game at last was clearly lost , administrators began to permit themselves a certain degree of cynicism about the loyalty of the Masai . |