Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles made himself up for the new role , and dressed in the new costume . |
| 2 | She booked herself in for the works as she put it — a facial and full-body massage . |
| 3 | So I wrote to the Warden of Spurn Bird Observatory and booked myself in for a night . |
| 4 | That settled , I booked myself in for the first two weeks of August , five months after my operation . |
| 5 | The frizzy-rugged beaner at the wheel shouted something and threw himself around for a while , but I kept on not not smoking quietly in the back , and nothing happened . |
| 6 | Christmases were wonderful and greatly looked forward to by us both , but they were also tiring , and in early January , when all danger of further jollity from New Year had receded , we took ourselves off for a couple of days . |
| 7 | Nigel tarted himself up for the two days before her visit . |
| 8 | Made a vain attempt to tidy up the room , which was already looking like a heavy-metal combat zone , and took himself off for a shower . |
| 9 | Feeling hungry , Ellie made herself some toast in the kitchen , collected some brochures from the hall table , and took herself out for the day . |
| 10 | Fabia took herself off for a walk , but so great were her worries that for once Mariánské Láznë failed to enchant her . |
| 11 | Though when , having ousted him , thoughts of him crept back in again , she grew impatient with herself , and took herself off for a walk around town . |
| 12 | Those who were too tired to move and still felt cold took themselves off for a hot bath . |
| 13 | An exhausted Anabelle ambled to the gate and squeezed herself under for the last time . |
| 14 | The minister 's entourage and assembled media swept into the narrow office building only to grind to a halt on the stairs while he and Mr Fallon shut themselves off for a brief chat . |
| 15 | Australian Daryl Beattie , 23 , covering for Gardner , set himself up for a top-three finish at the first attempt as a factory-supported rider . |
| 16 | The bunkers ate into the fairway at around the 240-yard mark to cool the aggressive ardour of the professional golfer who might try to cut the slight dogleg and set himself up for an easier shot into the two-tier green . |