Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the political parlance of 1992 , I suppose it might be said that Mr Platt has given himself a double whammy . |
| 2 | ‘ He has given himself a hard race , ’ said Josh Gifford , but if he recovers quickly the seven-year-old will go for the H and T Walker Chase at Ascot next weekend . |
| 3 | A FRENCHWOMAN has given herself the ultimate facelift in an attempt to create the perfect features . |
| 4 | The Emperor takes personal command of his army whenever possible , and has earned himself an impressive record of victories and conquest . |
| 5 | Dangerfield has earned itself a distinguished place in the history of British textile production . |
| 6 | He tried to find himself a new girl to take his mind off it : some new girl , because Peg had gone wrong . |
| 7 | Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week |
| 8 | Now Pound has interested himself a great deal in the order of the Templars , to which Pierre of Castillon belonged . |
| 9 | But now Mr Gorbachev has made himself the unpalatable alternative . |
| 10 | WIMBLEDON boss Joe Kinnear promised to buy himself a walkie-talkie last night after landing a month-long touchline ban , writes Ben Bacon . |
| 11 | And , in the view of Liberals , Mr Lloyd George has shown himself a faithless trustee of their traditions and beliefs . |
| 12 | ParcPlace Systems has got itself a new president and CEO ; Bill Lyons , former Ashton-Tate chairman and CEO who left when Borland took over . |
| 13 | Opus Systems Inc has got itself an exclusive Japanese distributor , Sumitomo Corporation , the giant international trading concern . |
| 14 | Edmondson , meanwhile , has bought himself an adjustable music stool with some of his £100 , and given the rest to charity . |
| 15 | THE Queen 's cousin , Sir Angus Oglivy , has bought himself an early Christmas present — a Zike , the invention launched last summer by Sir Clive Sinclair but which has only just reached the shops at £499 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Newbridge Networks Corp is at the forefront of Asynchronous Transfer Mode technology according to analysts contacted by Reuters : ‘ No-one else is shipping true ATM switches and they 've already shipped 60 switches , ’ Terry Murphy , a senior analyst at Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co said , adding that because no-one will need the sort of capacity offered by Asynchronous Transfer Mode transmission systems until later in the decade , Newbridge has bought itself a virtual insurance policy by leading in deployment . |
| 18 | A freelance musician has found himself the perfect practice room … an empty theatre which he has all to himself . |
| 19 | But Swedish company International Färg , based at Angered near Gothenburg , has found itself a new role in the reshaped European arm of Courtaulds Coatings . |
| 20 | THE Albert Fisher fresh food distributor is to raise £180million to fund expansion and has found itself a strong shareholder in the process . |
| 21 | A lonely nine-year-old has found herself a new granny and grandad by advertising in the local paper . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | SMALL , West Ham 's forgotten striker , has set himself a New Year deadline to force his way back into Billy Bonds 's plans . |
| 24 | ALAN CORK , aiming for his 150th League goal this weekend , has set himself a new target — to join the 200 Club . |
| 25 | GARY SPEED has set himself a double task — to resurrect the fortunes of club and country . |
| 26 | SOCCER ace Gary Lineker has set himself a tough new goal — learning Japanese in just six months . |
| 27 | WITH the prospect of a five-year term , John Major has set himself a formidable agenda . |
| 28 | The RSPB campaign launched this week has set itself the ambitious target of trying to reverse the Common Agricultural Policy , or CAP , which encourages intensive farming . |
| 29 | And next year she has set herself the personal goal of raising £500,000 . |
| 30 | Mike Gatting has proved himself an excellent one-day captain , winning several trophies with Middlesex during the 1980s . |