Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jeff Winter of Middlesbrough found himself the first guinea pig . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As season 72/73 arrived , a passing shopper , Mrs Hilda Sheppey ( 58 ) , suddenly found herself the first manageress in football history . |
| 4 | I also built myself a second house there , and so I had two homes . |
| 5 | I began to move more freely around the island again , and built myself a third house . |
| 6 | It was by conquest that the Danish King Cnut made himself the first king of a truly united England in the early eleventh century . |
| 7 | Emperor Akihito , 56 , formally proclaimed himself the 125th emperor of Japan on Nov. 12 , in a lavish 30-minute ceremony held 20 months after the death of his father , Hirohito ( in death known as Showa ) . |
| 8 | Leith hardly recognised herself the next day when , with her usual free-flowing locks fastened severely in a knot at the back of her head , she donned a pair of plain glass , horn-rimmed spectacles , and surveyed the result . |
| 9 | When he was gone Klaus Ebert went across to the decanter and poured himself a second brandy . |
| 10 | Checking his watch , he poured himself a last drink and sank into one of the easy chairs before the fire . |
| 11 | As Ashley poured herself a second cup of rich dark coffee at a side-table , she frowned again . |
| 12 | On the outbreak of World War I Herbert joined the Irish Guards , despite his near-blindness , by the simple method of buying himself a second lieutenant 's uniform and falling in as the regiment boarded ship for France in August 1914 . |
| 13 | The troubles in Kent dragged on sporadically for some two years ; in August 1450 a certain William Parmenter virtually proclaimed himself Cade 's successor by calling himself the second captain of Kent , in April 1451 there were troubles fomented by Henry Hasilden , and in May 1452 there was yet further disorder ( 42 ) . |
| 14 | A lass in Low Newton hanged herself the second time I was in there . |
| 15 | Eric has proved himself a first class performer . ’ |
| 16 | It was part of a nationwide celebration of the six million adult students currently giving themselves a second chance . |
| 17 | But chided herself the next moment . |
| 18 | It is the most beautiful thing you will ever wear — until I surpass myself the next time ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It is beautiful , ’ she said coyly , ‘ it is the most beautiful dress I will ever wear , until I surpass myself the next time . ’ |
| 20 | Nevertheless , to call oneself the Fourth Estate is hardly unambitious , while the very names and nicknames of newspapers tell us much about their occupational pretensions — The Times ( the Thunderer ) , the Guardian , the Globe , the Tribune , the Observer , the Examiner , the Mirror and Le Monde . |
| 21 | A year or two later , I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island . |
| 22 | I am not dying , no , I have suffered a terrible nightmare , but I am here , in my room , and the night must be far gone , it must be almost morning , I shall go downstairs and make myself a first pot of tea . |