Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [vb infin] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MIKHAIL GORBACHEV must feel himself a man cursed . |
| 2 | Spenser could consider himself a gentleman only on the basis of having been to university and acquired a Master of Arts degree . |
| 3 | Albert Dawes would earn himself a permanent niche in any Palace hall of fame . |
| 4 | What Miandad 's 59 did yesterday was to frustrate England 's struggling bowlers and to set a platform from which Pakistan can give themselves a match-winning lead today . |
| 5 | She worried that Chris might fall and break his leg , that Annie might swallow a stone and have to go to hospital , that Alan might give himself an ulcer through working too hard . |
| 6 | So Maurice could call himself a ‘ Christian socialist ’ , though his socialism , like that of his associate Charles Kingsley ( 1819 — 75 ) , was of a somewhat idealistic and utopian character . |
| 7 | ‘ I do wish Lottie would find herself a nice man and settle down . |
| 8 | Abraham replies , ‘ God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering , my son ’ ( Genesis 22.8 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering , my son . ’ |
| 10 | He must take the words ‘ God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering ’ at their face value . |
| 11 | If Yggdrasil can give itself a human-seeming external form , then surely Daine could mimic an AI 's physical body . |
| 12 | If England fail to get it right tonight — 3–0 represents a convincing result — then Taylor will find himself the butt of far harsher jokes . |
| 13 | But Charles could prove himself a good lord : when his fidelis ( faithful man ) Adalgar was captured by Charles 's half-sister ( she supported her full brother Lothar in the fraternal conflict of 841 ) and taken to her stronghold of Laon , Charles rode through the night with a small retinue to achieve Adalgar 's release . |
| 14 | Mrs Orton , who spent every day settled in Daniel 's chair , stared , said Stephanie would do herself a damage , and offered no assistance . |