Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pn reflx] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've won ourselves a new world . |
| 2 | He also played cricket , and had already earned himself a bad reputation by smashing two windows in the village . |
| 3 | Promising young batsman , Ian Place , seems to have booked himself a regular spot in A Division side . |
| 4 | LARK LANE has always considered itself a little French . |
| 5 | Dangerfield has earned itself a distinguished place in the history of British textile production . |
| 6 | All during the night , over and over again , she had found it absurd that she 'd ever considered herself a happy woman . |
| 7 | The nearest neighbours of Ben Nevis , Carn Mor Dearg and Aonach Beag , both have summits above the 4000 mark ; to another of the group , Aonach Mor , the Ordnance Survey rather churlishly ascribes a height of 3999 only , a tribute to their meticulous accuracy but a pity they could not have permitted themselves a slight error of twelve inches . |
| 8 | Incidentally , Willoughby , you 've earned yourself a black mark for that little trouble . |
| 9 | If you achieve this , then a record deal is just around the corner , and you will have earned yourself a strong negotiating position which should enable you to sign the deal you want and not the first deal that is offered . |
| 10 | And yet , until Irina described me as bad-tempered , I had considered myself a peaceable man , a listener and an observer , occasionally a counsellor , even a mediator . |
| 11 | ‘ He has given himself a hard race , ’ said Josh Gifford , but if he recovers quickly the seven-year-old will go for the H and T Walker Chase at Ascot next weekend . |
| 12 | In the political parlance of 1992 , I suppose it might be said that Mr Platt has given himself a double whammy . |
| 13 | Over the years he had not only made himself a small fortune , but in the process gained something of a respectable reputation . |
| 14 | Ronnie returned to his native Midlands to become senior coach at Wolves in March 1965 , have completed exactly 100 League games for us and having made himself a popular fellow here at Selhurst Park . |
| 15 | Now Pound has interested himself a great deal in the order of the Templars , to which Pierre of Castillon belonged . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We got to hear about this " mad American " who had designed and built himself a magnificent villa in an almost inaccessible spot on the side of the mountain . |
| 18 | The attack came shortly after a " committee of public salvation " , led by hardline Latvian CP leader Alfred Rubiks , had proclaimed itself a rival government to that of President Anatolijs Gorbunovs . |
| 19 | Malta had proclaimed itself a neutral state with a policy strictly founded on principles of non-alignment in 1981 . |
| 20 | In fact , she had probably done herself a great favour as , had she continued to suppress the memory , she might have caused herself great emotional problems in the future . |
| 21 | If you 'd told me this in the make-up room when you came to have your hair cut , you 'd have saved yourself a needless journey . |
| 22 | He was starting to appear distinctly shopworn , Lucy noted ; he seemed to have bought himself a new shirt , but a dip-through in a hotel washbasin did n't exactly make for the best possible finish . |
| 23 | We got here just in the right season , and I assure you he has already shown himself a great enemy to the feathered tribe , having shot a great many beautiful birds and robbed various others of their nests and eggs . |
| 24 | And , in the view of Liberals , Mr Lloyd George has shown himself a faithless trustee of their traditions and beliefs . |
| 25 | He has won three tournaments this year ; got himself a new agent , the all-powerful American golf manager , Mike Martinez ; and a new , and I 'm told very lucrative , golf club contract . |
| 26 | So the other night my , the girl next door to us , her husband does painting and he 'd just got himself a new van I said fucking hell I said to him sometimes I said there 's a van outside I wan na know who it is , is that still on ? |
| 27 | Newbridge Networks Corp is at the forefront of Asynchronous Transfer Mode technology according to analysts contacted by Reuters : ‘ No-one else is shipping true ATM switches and they 've already shipped 60 switches , ’ Terry Murphy , a senior analyst at Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co said , adding that because no-one will need the sort of capacity offered by Asynchronous Transfer Mode transmission systems until later in the decade , Newbridge has bought itself a virtual insurance policy by leading in deployment . |
| 28 | ParcPlace Systems has got itself a new president and CEO ; Bill Lyons , former Ashton-Tate chairman and CEO who left when Borland took over . |
| 29 | If it manages to make that charge stick , it will have got itself a powerful vote-winner . |
| 30 | Katherine had even bought herself a new dress for the occasion out of her own pocket money topped up with a little from the bank account into which her own presents went . |