Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to find himself a new girl to take his mind off it : some new girl , because Peg had gone wrong . |
| 2 | ‘ They need to find themselves a decent bloke , ’ said William 's nan once , presumably meaning four decent blokes as she was not a great advocate of polygamy . |
| 3 | To find myself a Good Career to Travel and |
| 4 | The next morning I woke up , and was relieved to find myself a normal man again … |
| 5 | And I do n't bother to find myself a reflective surface wherein to follow them-although no doubt the gleam in Rainbow 's eye , or the slick of moisture on Anya 's parted lips , would do at a pinch . |
| 6 | I wanted to find myself a quiet corner and curl up in it . |
| 7 | But I notice , little madam , you were pleased enough to find yourself a good Catholic … . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Maybe you ought to find yourself a younger jockey . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe the party will be able to get some money out of it and we will be able to prostitute ourselves a little bit more . |
| 10 | He dropped the poker and went to pour himself a much-needed drink . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , the local historian will find it useful to think of his chosen parish or neighbourhood in terms of broad categories such as ‘ open-field arable ’ or ‘ wood-pasture ’ or ‘ fenland edge ’ and to set himself the fundamental task of understanding how people adapted themselves to their physical environment . |
| 12 | Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week |
| 13 | The prospect of1993 and the abolition of customs controls between EC countries has spurred the Italian State to set itself the awe-inspiring task of cataloguing a further two million items of its national heritage within two years in execution of its duty to ‘ care for Italy 's landscape , history and cultural heritage ’ ( to quote the Constitution ) . |
| 14 | A good way of familiarising yourself with the principle of intervallic interchange is to set yourself the following task , both on and away from your guitar . |
| 15 | Try to allocate yourself a set time each day when you will practise your exercises . |
| 16 | If you were to serve yourself an average helping of cabbage , though , it would usually weigh at least two ounces if you were eating it raw as part of a portion of coleslaw , for example , or four ounces if you were serving boiled cabbage . |
| 17 | Sharpe , despite the Prince 's frequent insistence , had yet to buy himself a Dutch uniform . |
| 18 | What 's New News & New Products This month , Fender forbid G&L from mentioning Leo 's name , new bits and pieces from Warwick , SWR , Carlsbro and Fishman , the return of John Birch and some news on how to win yourself a year-long guitar scholarship … |
| 19 | When you start to discover this one actually does travel through walls , the sound of it does actually does travel through walls , but as I say , it 's only a temporary measure to buy yourself a little bit of time she says . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , to buy yourself a little house , perhaps . |
| 21 | If it does , then I suppose I shall have to buy myself a larger dictionary . |
| 22 | We need to challenge ourselves , to move ourselves on , but we need to give ourselves a safe framework in which to do so . |
| 23 | But he was already a fallen idol in Patricia 's eyes , all because he had not been able to deny himself a sentimental gesture before leaving . |
| 24 | It seemed — the least he could do — to deny himself the dramatic gesture , to humiliate himself . |
| 25 | Delaney pulled the curtain across , covering Forster who cut a small slit in the opaque green plastic , widening it to give himself a better field of view . |
| 26 | And John meantime seeks always to dismiss me as incompetent and neurotic ( probably , as people wiser than me , such as his own lawyer , say , he does this to suit his own ends and to give himself a good press and to live within his own fantasies and eccentricities . ) |
| 27 | Damon Hill produced the performance he had dreamed of to give himself a great chance of finishing on the victory podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 28 | It will be on every player 's mind when he stands on the tee to give himself the best chance of an uphill putt , whether it be from that tee shot or a subsequent approach . |
| 29 | While Sarazen felt ‘ the biggest heel in the world ’ , he also knew he had to give himself the best chance of winning the Open ; and that , regrettably , could not be achieved with his old caddie Dan . |
| 30 | He kept up the pressure with his shoulder to give himself the widest gap possible . |