Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | WIMBLEDON boss Joe Kinnear promised to buy himself a walkie-talkie last night after landing a month-long touchline ban , writes Ben Bacon . |
2 | However , Oldfield did get himself a lawyer , and after negotiation with Virgin , an amendment to his contract was signed in April 1977 , increasing his royalty rate to 8 per cent . |
3 | At the start of the decade the 2-Tone bands were keeping everybody up to scratch about racism , and by the end of it a member of Duran Duran had bought himself a house in South Africa . |
4 | The year before , Ruari had built himself a wee turf hut among the skeps on the moor to keep an eye on them , but Mairi complained about having to bring his food so far , and he 'd given up using it . |
5 | Commerce graduate Terry Blamey had won himself a reputation as one of Australia 's brightest entertainment entrepreneurs with his company Pace Entertainment . |
6 | ( They were eventually to get another dog — a very lively golden retriever , but before that Warnie had bought himself a boat . ) |
7 | She was in some ways , a female Kenneth Williams , an eccentric who could emote facially and vocally in a way in which Ken had established himself the master . |
8 | There was a faint affront on the girl 's face , as if she knew Rachaela had denied herself a similar vileness and suffering , the secrets of the female club . |
9 | Mr. Barnes ' affidavit quoted above showed beyond question , he submitted , that the Bank of England had asked themselves the right question ( paragraph 9 ) and that they did indeed require the production of the documents reasonably for the purposes of their own domestic supervision ( paragraphs 8 , 10 and 13 ) . |
10 | Vincentius had won himself a name as a reputable physician . |
11 | Peirce had set himself the task of methodically classifying , and looking for applications of , the n-dimensional systems for all |
12 | Since his appointment , Robert had awarded himself a degree from Yale , an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh University , two novels and a successful season with the Chicago Bears football team . |
13 | Mr Whittington proved that the LCC had got themselves a very good orator to transfer back from the EMS when war was over . |
14 | For Martin had built himself a handsome new house . |
15 | Too much rain out here an' Miguelito got to cut himself a leetle coke . ’ |
16 | Thiercelin knelt to pour himself a mug of soup from the bowl in the hearth . |
17 | Maggie Byrne had bought herself a black silk dress from a secondhand clothes shop in Seven Dials to wear for Paddy 's burial . |
18 | Malta had proclaimed itself a neutral state with a policy strictly founded on principles of non-alignment in 1981 . |
19 | Wycliffe thought that Gifford Tate had found himself a girl wife , one who , however unconsciously , was looking for a daddy or , perhaps , a hero rather than a husband . |
20 | Izzie had made herself a dress . |
21 | Both the CDU and the SPD sought to give themselves a mass membership , a national organisation and wide popular appeal , though the CDU at first proved far better at fulfilling the last aim . |
22 | In Halton , where lord Stanley was receiver , the duke never received his fee as steward , and Stanley continued to pay himself the fee as both constable and steward on the authority of the 1461 letters patent . |
23 | In Halton , where lord Stanley was receiver , the duke never received his fee as steward , and Stanley continued to pay himself the fee as both constable and steward on the authority of the 1461 letters patent . |
24 | Guy had proved himself a past master at the art . |
25 | Kim Ku was no longer of any real importance but Rhee had proved himself a formidable politician ; he had rallied moderate opinion , curbed the exuberance of his more militant supporters , and made conciliatory moves towards the Russians . |
26 | He would have defended her with lawyers against any attempt of her husband 's to get her back , but there was none ; perhaps , as he himself had barked out in jest , Arkwright had got himself a mistress . |
27 | By the time he retired in 1917 , Whitelegge had proved himself a hard-working administrator . |
28 | Arkle continued to prove himself a chaser of extraordinary ability — in effect , a freak — before untimely retirement was forced on him after he broke a bone in his foot in the 1966 King George VI Chase at Kempton Park , while Mill House had his own moment of Sandown Park glory when winning the Whitbread Gold Cup in a desperate finish in 1967 . |
29 | Mr Fox planned to build himself a home very near the village , of which he had plans ready , but unfortunately he passed away before it was built . |
30 | If Beth had got her just rewards , Tyler Blacklock had carved himself a very different destiny . |