Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well now , Barney , ye may think yerself an old man but I do n't think of meself as such ! ’ he exclaimed testily . |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe you ought to find yourself a younger jockey . ’ |
| 3 | You should make yourself a simple planning diary of the weeks of the term , boldly marking key weeks and dates . |
| 4 | Perhaps , as my niece would say , I should buy myself a new dictionary . |
| 5 | She should buy herself a new frock and set her cap at someone else . |
| 6 | Our idea was that we should call ourselves The All Stars . |
| 7 | For each week you are resident in Edinburgh you should allow yourself the following minimum sums of money to cover your expenses . |
| 8 | ( 1 ) For each week you are resident in Edinburgh you should allow yourself the following sums of money to cover your expenses . |
| 9 | But I find it hard to accept that all our land should be so buttoned up , and that we should allow ourselves the arrogant and indulgent belief — against every lesson in history — that we can run things better than nature . |
| 10 | Instrumentalists should ask themselves the following : in the absence of law who controls the family ? |
| 11 | And if we do so we might call ourselves a nomadic and pastoral people of the transcendent ; and we shall be able to pasture our thoughts like the flocks of the nomads . |
| 12 | I 'll get myself a new one . |
| 13 | But er , when I got ti all tidied up and sorted out I 'll get myself a new one , but er |
| 14 | He 'll prove himself the best fighter in the world because the WBC 's main contender Tony Tucker and WBO champion Mike Moorer , a really dangerous customer , are waiting in the wings . |
| 15 | Oh wait , I 've got a , you 'll pull yourself a fair enough . |
| 16 | You could buy yourself a small luxury each week as a symbolic message to your subconscious , so that it begins to attract money into your life . |
| 17 | I think if I was going to go Sunday I think I 'd buy myself a few cos that |
| 18 | ‘ You could give yourself a nasty cut on those shoulder blades , ’ Arthur said , suddenly remembering the whole girl subject after his respite from it and feeling unusually breezy . |
| 19 | Whether or not he could call himself a Chief Rabbit , he had no experience of this sort of thing . |
| 20 | After working in all the major cities on the Continent , they could allow themselves a little self praise . |
| 21 | Perhaps we could allow ourselves a small sherry before dinner just for a change . |
| 22 | But Charles could prove himself a good lord : when his fidelis ( faithful man ) Adalgar was captured by Charles 's half-sister ( she supported her full brother Lothar in the fraternal conflict of 841 ) and taken to her stronghold of Laon , Charles rode through the night with a small retinue to achieve Adalgar 's release . |
| 23 | That way you could save yourself a whole load of trouble , not to mention planning ! ’ |
| 24 | If he had any sense he 'd get himself a good lawyer and keep his mouth shut . ’ |
| 25 | but if I thought we were coming back , I 'd get myself a little car . |
| 26 | You could ask yourself the following questions : |
| 27 | I 'm sure you could find yourself a nice easy job where you do n't have to do much apart from enhance the décor . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd find myself a rich protector . |
| 29 | Now the person possessing the goods after the time limit , even if he holds the goods in bad faith , may call himself the rightful owner , while the original owner promptly loses all rights . |
| 30 | Voltaire , an altogether more sympathetic figure , who incidentally used to serve himself the best Burgundy while giving his guests vin ordinaire , observed in one of his philosophical tales that la lune de miel is followed the next month by la lune de l'absinthe . ] ) |