Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pn reflx] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are allowing yourself a daily ration of alcohol , allow these calories in addition to a minimum calories ' worth of food and milk from the F-Plan menus . |
| 2 | fact if you do n't inhale at all you 're doing yourself a big favour , but you nearly always get some down ion to the system and really the o the only thing I could ethically recommend as a doctor , is stopping . |
| 3 | He believes that sheep farmers who think only about the pound in their pocket could be doing themselves a great disservice . |
| 4 | In your old age you 'll be making yourself an instant cup of tea |
| 5 | If you were to serve yourself an average helping of cabbage , though , it would usually weigh at least two ounces if you were eating it raw as part of a portion of coleslaw , for example , or four ounces if you were serving boiled cabbage . |
| 6 | Allan Chapman & James is a young company which is building itself an excellent reputation in the area as commercial insurance brokers . |
| 7 | The second is to buy yourself a good waterproof mascara but remember you may need to buy a suitable eye make-up remover , too . |
| 8 | One good way of starting the dreaming process is to give yourself a physical check-up . |
| 9 | This is most important with approach putts where the intention is to leave yourself an easy second putt as opposed to going boldly at the hole . |
| 10 | Out-of-favour Neil Webb is giving himself a two-month deadline to get back into favour at Old Trafford . |
| 11 | Gloucestershire 's ambulance service is giving itself a new look . |
| 12 | During that time it 's proved itself an able ambassador for Britain , at peace and at war . |
| 13 | He told Took about a consultation he had had with a doctor , who told him : ‘ What you ought to do is to get yourself a retired petty officer to look after you . ’ |
| 14 | Her salary is not excessive so she is setting herself a strict budget for her homebuying . |
| 15 | With trippy guitars working around strange out-of-time sampled rhythms , and the obligatory Hammond organ in the wings , Mother Earth are carving themselves an individual niche on Acid Jazz 's strengthening roster . |
| 16 | Through these discriminations of time , space and substances , they are to make themselves a holy people , set apart from the unholy people and things . |
| 17 | Here the Bey of Tunis was building himself a superb mausoleum . |
| 18 | A second or so later she was giving herself a mental shake and opening her eyes again . |