Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Upstairs in my apartment I bought myself a drink . |
| 2 | Well , I know in the interview you did with Patsy Kensit she gave herself a 4 so I 'll have to go for 2 . |
| 3 | One night I promised myself a hot water bottle , a basket of marzipan fruits and a video . |
| 4 | Sir Thomas , however , or rather his stomach , clearly did not agree , for halfway through the entremets , with a few words of apology he absented himself from-the table . |
| 5 | Soon after taking up my job as cub reporter I bought myself a big radio and a gramophone and continued collecting recordings of Gilbert & Sullivan and classical music . |
| 6 | Before getting into my sleeping-bag I made myself a cup of cocoa , without milk , which I do n't much like , and with a generous lacing of whisky , which I do . |
| 7 | When at last she got into bed she allowed herself a few angry tears , then brushed them furiously away . |
| 8 | At the comparative safety of a deserted road we collected ourselves a little and then headed for the station , trying hard to chuckle about it all , though obviously we had both been deeply affected . |
| 9 | As he pulled back the perspex canopy he permitted himself a small smile at Stallen , whom he knew . |
| 10 | True , in a first half devoted to the song repertory she allowed herself a Wolf group which included Mein Liebster ist so Klein and Ich hab' in Penna . |
| 11 | In the teaching controversy he declared himself a strong advocate of at least fingerspelling and stressed the importance of training , knowledge of deaf people and experience of teaching in deaf schools as primary qualifications for teachers . |
| 12 | In Israel if you got in debt you made yourself a voluntary slave for six years to the person you owed money to , a form of community service , and then you were set free after six years and your debts cancelled and you were given a new start in life . |
| 13 | No doubt he thought himself a national marvel . |
| 14 | When she got into her house she poured herself a glass of sherry and stood looking into the garden , not wanting any supper . |
| 15 | But they would say to him Angus , is n't it about time you found yourself a wife ? |
| 16 | In his speech he declared himself a runner . |
| 17 | Consider , for example , Kloppenberg 's assessment of Sidney Webb : ‘ Although he passed through a Comtean phase that permanently altered his perspective from liberal individualism to organic collectivism , he had shed the positivist 's confidence in ultimate certainties as inconsistent with empiricism and democracy by the time he proclaimed himself a socialist in 1886 . ’ |