Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mr Barker found himself an innocent victim and he was questioned and released . |
| 2 | Cambo 's most illustrious resident , attracted there by its salubrity , was the playwright Edmond Rostand , a florid Marseillaise who built himself an extraordinary house just outside the town to the north . |
| 3 | He built himself an extraordinary turrety and battlemented house , Strawberry Hill , at Twickenham in Middlesex , and then be wrote a romance , The Castle of Otranto , more or less using the house as a background . |
| 4 | The last years of her life were divided between Bermuda and Plandome , Long Island , where she built herself an Italian-style villa and where she died 29 October 1924 . |
| 5 | Bishop felt the slight weight of a simularity crystal in the pocket of his robe and allowed himself an inward smile . |
| 6 | She poured herself an uncustomary drink , and grimacing , swallowed it down in two gulps . |
| 7 | Not that his system was susceptible to such discomforts , but he fancied himself an empathic soul . |
| 8 | So in the long run , first of all we saved ourselves an initial risk outlay of a quarter of a million pounds on legal fees , the second thing is that we now have that common land back under control , and within ten years we will recoup all of that money . |
| 9 | He proved himself an effective administrator , but died 22 September 1652 after little more than a year in office . |
| 10 | Simon Povoas , for example , proved himself an excellent deputy to the injured Dean Richards at No. 8 and the Tigers ticked along despite the absence also of Les Cusworth , Paul Dodge and John Wells . |
| 11 | This meant that country could keep on running during the war , and , proving that they could do the same jobs as men , women gave themselves an enormous boost in the push for votes . |
| 12 | Seve hit a great tee-shot and left himself an eight-foot putt . |
| 13 | THE NEW Health Secretary , Mrs Virginia Bottomley , set herself an ambitious target yesterday — to ‘ take the politics ’ out of the National Health Service . |