Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day Victoria made herself a pair of earrings out of porcelain to go with a particular dress , and they turned out to be the start of a new part-time career . |
| 2 | She came downstairs , she slopped all the way through to the kitchen made herself a cup of tea and sat |
| 3 | Determined to carry on with her education , Judy got herself a tutor for her English , and went to the local college to do maths . |
| 4 | Edward made himself a cup of tea and vanished to the Britches , where he stayed late into the dusk . |
| 5 | Meredith found herself an interpreter — the son of the cook — and he 'd become her devoted fan . |
| 6 | Icke was the party 's national spokesman 17 months ago when he donned a turquoise tracksuit to announce himself the son of God on a mission to save the world . |
| 7 | Meredith allowed herself a moment 's speculation about this never-discussed time in Markby 's life . |
| 8 | It is ironic that by privileging sexual difference Scruton shows himself the victim of precisely the modern intensification of sexuality which in other ways he might regard as contributing to a legitimation of the perversions he repudiates . |
| 9 | Swod allowed himself a quarter smile at her recognition but his body was so unused to this display of emotion that he began to cough . |
| 10 | Be prepared to train twice as hard on your weaker side and each time you feel fed-up through lack of progress , switch to your stronger side to give yourself a boost . |
| 11 | The figure called himself the devil and declared that he had come for Gary 's life . |
| 12 | Nunzia peeled herself an orange , paring the skin close to the flesh so the padded white endodermis was stripped from the juicy red-flecked flesh , and yet not so close that the fruit spurted juice . |
| 13 | She popped a toast soldier into her own mouth to give herself the strength to deal with her father . |
| 14 | With ‘ Slack ’ , the band 's second indie release , nestling freshly in the racks , Bivouac find themselves the objects of slavering major label attention on both sides of the Atlantic . |
| 15 | In a letter to Einstein , Freud called himself a pacifist . |
| 16 | Manville permitted himself a smile . |
| 17 | Meredith knew herself no cook but , inspired by the thought that even Aunt Lou at eighty-three could produce a bean casserole , she managed to produce leeks rolled in thin slices of ham , topped with a slightly lumpy cheese sauce . |
| 18 | Prescriptions presuppose interpretations , but actions on the basis of such prescriptions become themselves the subject of interpretation . |
| 19 | Lorton left the pub just as Viol bought himself a second pint . |
| 20 | Hospitals were to become a setting later in the decade for ‘ Doctor ’ films , ‘ Carry Ons ’ and such tepid dramas as Behind the Mask ( 1958 ) , but the genre can be traced back to White Corridors ( 1951 ) where , amidst the routine romantic squabbles , and an occasional lecture on the working of the NHS , two strong stories evolve : a researcher develops a drug that will kill infections resistant to penicillin and his lover secures herself a registrar 's post against nepotistic competition , by skilfully operating on a patient her rival has misdiagnosed . |
| 21 | You 've lo lost all the opportunities to make yourself a bit more money which is what we 're talking about here . |
| 22 | Lorton showed them out and went to the kitchen to pour himself a drink . |
| 23 | Gazza said : ‘ Some of what he did might have been wrong but I respect the fact that Maradona made himself the player Napoli could n't do without when he was in Italy . |
| 24 | In the early 1920s , when the industry was increasingly the preserve of the studios , Goldwyn found himself an outsider , an independent producer in competition with the majors . |
| 25 | Mr Spencer told the jury : ‘ For a period of two years , from about the age of 13 onwards , the girl found herself the target of sexual and physical abuse from her stepfather . |
| 26 | A cup of tea may be her usual tipple , but on such a special day , Nancy allows herself a drop of something a little bit stronger . |
| 27 | Ianthe was not the type to pour herself a glass of sherry or gin as soon as she got home after a day 's work , nor yet to make a cup of tea . |
| 28 | Many golfers give themselves no chance of playing well because they ruin the swing with a poor takeaway . |
| 29 | Cornelius poured himself a cup and topped up the daddy 's . |
| 30 | Wickham fetched himself a chair . |