Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] himself [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jeff Winter of Middlesbrough found himself the first guinea pig . |
| 2 | Doogie allowed himself a small smile of satisfaction as Shifty-Eyes hit the road , then he turned and grabbed Pointy-Beard 's tie . |
| 3 | Henry Cecil 's colt proved himself a thorough stayer when running on strongly at the end of the 1 ¾ miles of the St Leger on rain-softened ground at Ayr , but the Champion is run over half a mile less . |
| 4 | Mr Barker found himself an innocent victim and he was questioned and released . |
| 5 | Briant allowed himself a small sigh of irritation . |
| 6 | A BURGLAR cooked himself a hearty meal after breaking into a fish and chip shop . |
| 7 | A few weeks later when it came to the 1985 Budget , Nigel set himself the same goal . |
| 8 | Connor allowed himself a crooked smile . |
| 9 | Now he watched in horrified silence as Donald cut himself a giant slice of poisoned meat . |
| 10 | Forester allowed himself a quiet groan of relief . |
| 11 | Nicolo Sabatini permitted himself a little smile . |
| 12 | Morse permitted himself a gentle grin : ‘ What date did the tour start ? ’ |
| 13 | Just before he resigned in January Mr Peckford made himself a laughing stock for the C$20m ( $17m ) he poured into a huge complex for growing cucumbers . |
| 14 | Dr Sasaki found himself the only doctor in the hospital who was unhurt . |
| 15 | Arthur Kobold cut himself a generous wedge and thrust the better part of it into his mouth . |
| 16 | Johnson lit himself a fresh cigarette from the butt end of the one he was smoking . |
| 17 | Trotsky set himself the dangerous task of explaining how not only the state but also the Party had come to be excessively bureaucratized . |
| 18 | DUBLINER Martin Sludds gave himself a major boost with a sparkling 68 over the hugely demanding K Club course at Straffan , to lead the Smurfit Irish PGA Championship by four shots at the halfway stage . |
| 19 | Once we were inside the car , Quiggers allowed himself a full-blooded sneer . |
| 20 | Charles poured himself a large slug of whisky and downed it . |
| 21 | Cranston poured himself a generous goblet of wine and seized a small white loaf the cook had left to cool on the kitchen table . |
| 22 | One of my many dear children earned himself a creditable degree in environmental sciences a couple of years ago . |
| 23 | SLUGGER O'TOOLE did himself a big favour in reverting to his real name of Fidel Castro ! |
| 24 | DAVID Sinclair made himself the ideal employee when he filled in an application form for a sales job , a court heard yesterday . |
| 25 | It was by conquest that the Danish King Cnut made himself the first king of a truly united England in the early eleventh century . |
| 26 | The young James found himself a virtual prisoner of the Red Douglases in Edinburgh castle . |
| 27 | Ex-convict Charrièere found himself a huge celebrity when the book sold a million copies in France , two-and-a-half million in America and ten million throughout the world . |
| 28 | Luke allowed himself a small smile then gave a brief nod in Merrill 's direction . |
| 29 | Having established that his visitors did not want a drink , the businessman poured himself a tall glass of gin and tonic . |
| 30 | She found it obnoxious that her son permitted himself a living relationship when , like her , he should be occupying himself exclusively with a dead one . |