Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] himself [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | An extra bottle of wine and some spare grub and he had himself a harmless court jester whose sallies were guaranteed to shock or amuse . |
2 | No finer example of this can be seen than Castle Acre Priory , 1935 , in which the gaunt power of the medieval ruins is starkly silhouetted against the sky , and he permits himself a rare range of tonal contrast . |
3 | Any white spirit would do for him , he was n't fussy , and he poured himself a stiff vodka , some of that Polish stuff they had brought back from their Black Sea summer holiday . |
4 | In 1686 he became a London alderman , sitting for Broad Street ; but he discharged himself the following year , probably in anticipation of the purging of Anglicans from the bench . |
5 | Not that his system was susceptible to such discomforts , but he fancied himself an empathic soul . |