Example sentences of "and [verb] [pn reflx] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd locked himself in their room and drunk himself insensible . |
| 2 | Of the five , probably only William Snr. and Thomas were practical binders , the rest migrating to London and proving themselves good businessmen as booksellers , travelling widely and selling fine books , including the Halifax products . |
| 3 | I lie down on the bench and try and make myself comfy . |
| 4 | And I binge and make myself sick again . |
| 5 | But then it was time to retrieve the cylinder from its hiding place in my cabin , and make myself ready . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , then , go and make yourselves ready . ’ |
| 7 | The judge directed that the applicant submit to a full medical examination by the consultant forensic psychiatrist instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service and make himself available for examination by a second medical practitioner . |
| 8 | He knew when to make use of his status , and when and how to temper its brilliance and make himself unobtrusive among a multitude . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll get the car out and you go and make yourself respectable . ’ |
| 10 | Go to bed and make yourself ready for sleep . |
| 11 | go up and borrow Matt 's , get your dressing gown on and make yourself some toast , right ? |
| 12 | Close your eyes and make yourself comfortable . |
| 13 | BEATRIX : Come into the lounge and make yourself comfortable , Maurice . |
| 14 | ‘ Sit down and make yourself comfortable . |
| 15 | Come in and make yourself comfortable . ’ |
| 16 | I was asking a women why she did not keep herself more tidy and make herself attractive to her husband . |
| 17 | We must restore German myth and make ourselves worthy of our great predecessors — Luther , as well as our artists and poets ; but we can only do so under the direction of the Dionysiac impulse . |
| 18 | On the other hand , a corporation can own property ; it can acquire rights and make itself liable under a contract ; it can be a trustee ; it can incur civil liability for wrongful acts , and even for those which involve a definite state of mind like fraud or malice . |
| 19 | As part of its drive to improve its efficiency and make itself ready for the private sector should the Government decide to privatise it following the review of the nuclear industry next year , Scottish Nuclear recently appointed Charterhouse , the merchant bank , as its adviser . |
| 20 | It could abandon its isolation and make deals with other parties — in which case it would contradict its own anti-party rhetoric and make itself indistinguishable from other parties . |
| 21 | Look , why do n't you sit down and make yourself comfortable ? |
| 22 | Now you will get up and make yourself presentable — I 'll see to it that the wardrobe shall provide you with clothes that will fit tolerably — and you will come to supper at my table and take your place among your peers , and behave yourself like a man and a Talvace , instead of a sick and thwarted girl . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Come on , let's go back and make ourselves beautiful for him , for the evening . |
| 24 | Samantha Sherratt from The Howard League for Penal Reform believes that the system must change and make itself more accessible . |
| 25 | It just breaks my heart , honey , to think of your poor , dear cousin in such pain , ’ the other woman murmured sympathetically , her eyes glistening with tears as she begged Laura to sit down and make herself comfortable . |
| 26 | But when the great general of the Civil War , Oliver Cromwell , lost his temper with the Rump Parliament for trying to monopolize power , and made himself supreme instead , he regretted this war between Protestant countries and set out to make peace between them as soon as possible . |
| 27 | I am quite pleased that Auckland fly-half Grant Fox has changed his mind and made himself available for international action . |
| 28 | Bénezet slipped into a carrel as near as he could approach unnoticed , and made himself invisible in the shadows . |
| 29 | He immersed himself in parish work and made himself indispensable to the overworked parish priest . |
| 30 | In the end he got up and made himself some coffee , then watched the early morning skies above Manhattan as he recalled the past . |