Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They know the qualifying course as well as any team in Europe and , shortly before 7pm , should have earned themselves a toast in vodka , imported , of course . |
| 2 | The break-through that the Anisminic case made was the recognition by the majority of this House that if a tribunal whose jurisdiction was limited by statute or subordinate legislation mistook the law applicable to the facts as it had found them , it must have asked itself the wrong question , i.e. , one into which it was not empowered to inquire and so had no jurisdiction to determine . |
| 3 | The break-through that the Anisminic case made was the recognition by the majority of this House that if a tribunal whose jurisdiction was limited by statute or subordinate legislation mistook the law applicable to the facts as it had found them , it must have asked itself the wrong question , i.e. , one into which it was not empowered to inquire and so had no jurisiction to determine . |
| 4 | But then again I would n't be up tha far up your arse I mean , like you sa , you must have found yourself a couple of times getting close to somebody and without realising it and then they |
| 5 | and he had this handle , a and er they were saying , we 'll need to get ourself a handle , |
| 6 | You might have saved yourself the bother . ’ |
| 7 | I might have saved myself the trouble , as the family remained together for only a short time afterwards ; my sisters married , leaving only my mother and myself at home … |
| 8 | Erm and had he had he patented it or I do n't know about exactly the timing , he might have made himself an absolute fortune . |
| 9 | Also Kelly might have got himself a start ! |
| 10 | There is no doubt Norman 's aggressive form of golf is one of the reasons why he appeals to galleries so much , but he might have to contain himself a bit more if he hopes to win on a more regular basis in the future . |
| 11 | Therefore I could begin to enjoy myself a little more . |
| 12 | ‘ He believed in the code of loyalty and silence but he could have done himself a favour by letting us know where all the gold was . ’ |
| 13 | The other event that I remember well was when my Uncle Ned could have made himself a bit of money when a bird was shot down in mistake for a grouse . |
| 14 | To think they could have saved themselves the worry . |
| 15 | I could have saved myself the trouble . |
| 16 | If that 's what you 've been looking for you could have saved yourself the trouble . |
| 17 | Prime Minister John Major could have saved himself a lot of trouble if he had followed that advice over David Mellor , the former Heritage Minister . |
| 18 | She could have picked herself a better boyfriend . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | If you 'd left well alone and not tried to see the child you 'd 'ave saved yerself a lot of heartache . |
| 21 | At the risk of committing rock blasphemy , I 'd say do yourself a favour and lighten up with Erasure instead . |
| 22 | In the process the West may have sold itself a weapons portfolio which it lacks the means to produce in quantity . |
| 23 | ‘ Let's go hunt ourselves a party , ’ says the one who owns the boat . |
| 24 | One might think that , in those circumstances , Ministers would begin to ask themselves a few basic questions , such as , ’ Where have we gone wrong in Scotland ? |
| 25 | Following in my father 's footsteps , I would like to build myself a Cliff Bowers saw bench . |
| 26 | Had the Social Democrats won in East Germany , Mr Gorbachev would have gained himself a valuable ally . |
| 27 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 29 | Er , if only Darwin had opened it , Darwin would have saved himself an , all , load of old trouble . |
| 30 | Then she would have saved herself a lot of grief . |