Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | While an angry woman in a cardigan sadly toasted herself a crumpet by the jet of a gas f ; re , he tried to shift to another topic . |
| 3 | When Iraq 's tanks rolled into Kuwait last August , the Moroccan king again proved himself a staunch friend to America and Saudi Arabia . |
| 4 | The Adjutant even permitted himself a rueful grin just as the office door itself opened and the CO strode in . |
| 5 | Werner placed the attache case beside the chair then poured himself a stiff Scotch from the crystal decanter on the sideboard . |
| 6 | The coastal tribe probably called itself the Regini ( ‘ The Proud Ones ’ , but later Romanized to the Regni ) , with Bosham Harbour as its chief port , and was also probably an ally of Rome . |