Example sentences of "he [verb] [pn reflx] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | With Madonna he bought himself a whole new audience , kids under 21 who had never even heard of him . |
| 33 | He bought himself a smart new suit for the purpose . |
| 34 | Brian Clough , the Forest manager , said : ‘ His contract was not expiring but he deserved a rise for the contribution he has made over the last 12 months -so he earned himself a new deal . ’ |
| 35 | He proved himself an effective administrator , but died 22 September 1652 after little more than a year in office . |
| 36 | So , he gave himself a red light on the beautiful Miss Marlowe , only to find he could n't make himself obey it . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | He promises himself an easier workout tomorrow . |
| 39 | He accounted himself the unluckiest man alive . |
| 40 | Not only was he engaged in his publishing work , his meetings of the Moot and the Chandos Group , and his visits to Oxford for the Christian News Letter , but also he set himself a punishing schedule of conferences , talks and lectures ; in the first week of January 1941 , for example , there were six full days of such conferences . |
| 41 | By the mid-Fifties he considered himself the natural leader of world Communism . |