Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pn reflx] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How would he be if on one of those Saturday mornings when he 'd hung around the rectory she 'd recognized herself the bitterness beneath his grin ? |
| 2 | Had I proposed to keep working until the hotel was a hotbed of gossip , and leave only when I 'd made myself the centre of a tasty little scandal ? |
| 3 | Her mother had given herself the answer to her question : girls these days did n't know what they wanted . |
| 4 | I had convinced myself the diet was necessary even though I found it tough going and particularly rough after a major operation and great weight loss . |
| 5 | Frere was unaware of it but his sister-in-law had spared herself the burden of a second letter . |
| 6 | In retirement he had set himself the task of making a replica Tomkin long-case clock . |
| 7 | Peirce had set himself the task of methodically classifying , and looking for applications of , the n-dimensional systems for all |
| 8 | Jim and Louise , however , had been forced to remain with their captor alongside the open trapdoor , until he had satisfied himself the coast was completely clear . |
| 9 | He had left himself the option of return . |
| 10 | 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 . |