Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The WPBSA 's constitution does not permit player-directors to be paid , but the board voted itself a 50 pence per mile travelling allowance in 1984 and doubled it to £1 per mile this year . |
| 2 | She came downstairs , she slopped all the way through to the kitchen made herself a cup of tea and sat |
| 3 | Mr Spencer told the jury : ‘ For a period of two years , from about the age of 13 onwards , the girl found herself the target of sexual and physical abuse from her stepfather . |
| 4 | The boy raised himself a little from the bed . |
| 5 | The owner who worked full time in the business paid himself a salary of £9,000 and also withdrew £1,000 in cash from the business to pay a pressing personal debt . |
| 6 | Having started on a shoestring , the paper built itself a circulation of 40,000 and also got itself , with the sixth issue in February 1964 , its big Australian obscenity charge . |
| 7 | I hobbled over to collect the missing shoe and the dress detached itself a press stud at a time , disengaging itself completely as I bent — bottom to camera — to retrieve the shoe . |
| 8 | The words of the runner to Eli are very close to those the storyteller used himself a few verses before to describe the outcome of the battle . |
| 9 | On the very day of the Manifesto a central strike committee in the capital proclaimed itself the St Petersburg Soviet ( Council ) of Workers ' Deputies . |
| 10 | On the very day of the Manifesto a central strike committee in the capital proclaimed itself the St Petersburg Soviet ( Council ) of Workers ' Deputies . |
| 11 | The Friar cut himself a slice of crusty bread and a large segment of cheese . |
| 12 | The doctor allowed herself a smile . |
| 13 | Dulles replied that a good many countries in the world saw themselves the same way . |
| 14 | For the Kalmar project the company set itself the objective : |
| 15 | ‘ This morning the Emperor instructed , ’ the Patrician allowed himself the luxury of a scowl , ‘ instructed me , Gorphal , to protect this Two Flower person . |
| 16 | The Feldwebel bounced up and down with laughter so that his hat fell off the back of his head and even the officer allowed himself a smile . |
| 17 | The castle earned itself a place in modern history on 1 July 1969 when it was the setting for the Investiture of HRH Prince Charles as Prince of Wales . |
| 18 | Having established that his visitors did not want a drink , the businessman poured himself a tall glass of gin and tonic . |
| 19 | The left-armer denied himself a sixth by wasting a cowardly bouncer on Malcolm . |
| 20 | A BURGLAR cooked himself a hearty meal after breaking into a fish and chip shop . |
| 21 | Nevertheless on arriving in Sydney I was brought into the Theosophical Centre , and before I had been there a week found myself a very interested enquirer . |
| 22 | Receivers a bank appointed under the terms of a debenture did themselves a disservice recently when they failed to pay themselves first out of the proceeds of the receivership , as they were entitled to do under the terms of their appointment . |