Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WIMBLEDON boss Joe Kinnear promised to buy himself a walkie-talkie last night after landing a month-long touchline ban , writes Ben Bacon . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Commerce graduate Terry Blamey had won himself a reputation as one of Australia 's brightest entertainment entrepreneurs with his company Pace Entertainment . |
| 6 | ( They were eventually to get another dog — a very lively golden retriever , but before that Warnie had bought himself a boat . ) |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A choice of dates is available from which to reckon the life of the College : 1 8 February 1791 , when the London committee decided to call itself The Veterinary College , London , and 8 April 1791 , when the president , vice-presidents and directors were elected and the statutes and regulations were approved . |
| 10 | Frere was unaware of it but his sister-in-law had spared herself the burden of a second letter . |
| 11 | There was a faint affront on the girl 's face , as if she knew Rachaela had denied herself a similar vileness and suffering , the secrets of the female club . |
| 12 | Mr. Barnes ' affidavit quoted above showed beyond question , he submitted , that the Bank of England had asked themselves the right question ( paragraph 9 ) and that they did indeed require the production of the documents reasonably for the purposes of their own domestic supervision ( paragraphs 8 , 10 and 13 ) . |
| 13 | Reid insisted that his team had done themselves a favour in their quest to make a late run for Europe and that any favours done for neighbouring causes were only coincidence . |
| 14 | Vincentius had won himself a name as a reputable physician . |
| 15 | Peirce had set himself the task of methodically classifying , and looking for applications of , the n-dimensional systems for all |
| 16 | Since his appointment , Robert had awarded himself a degree from Yale , an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh University , two novels and a successful season with the Chicago Bears football team . |
| 17 | Mr Whittington proved that the LCC had got themselves a very good orator to transfer back from the EMS when war was over . |
| 18 | For Martin had built himself a handsome new house . |
| 19 | Too much rain out here an' Miguelito got to cut himself a leetle coke . ’ |
| 20 | Thiercelin knelt to pour himself a mug of soup from the bowl in the hearth . |
| 21 | Maggie Byrne had bought herself a black silk dress from a secondhand clothes shop in Seven Dials to wear for Paddy 's burial . |
| 22 | Any mistake of law would mean that the authority had asked itself the wrong question , which would result in a jurisdictional error . |
| 23 | Labour at Brighton last week had shown itself a party of disposable ideals and throwaway conviction . |
| 24 | Malta had proclaimed itself a neutral state with a policy strictly founded on principles of non-alignment in 1981 . |
| 25 | She was not about to confirm their obvious belief that the count had found himself a new woman . |
| 26 | Wycliffe thought that Gifford Tate had found himself a girl wife , one who , however unconsciously , was looking for a daddy or , perhaps , a hero rather than a husband . |
| 27 | Izzie had made herself a dress . |
| 28 | Both the CDU and the SPD sought to give themselves a mass membership , a national organisation and wide popular appeal , though the CDU at first proved far better at fulfilling the last aim . |
| 29 | In Halton , where lord Stanley was receiver , the duke never received his fee as steward , and Stanley continued to pay himself the fee as both constable and steward on the authority of the 1461 letters patent . |
| 30 | In Halton , where lord Stanley was receiver , the duke never received his fee as steward , and Stanley continued to pay himself the fee as both constable and steward on the authority of the 1461 letters patent . |