Example sentences of "buy [pn reflx] a new [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Maybe he 'd better go and buy himself a new bike , that 's always a good way to break bits of the human body . |
2 | She should buy herself a new frock and set her cap at someone else . |
3 | ‘ If the Tories get in , I 'll go out and buy myself a new frock , ’ said perhaps the most influential man in British fashion . |
4 | Perhaps , as my niece would say , I should buy myself a new dictionary . |
5 | He was starting to appear distinctly shopworn , Lucy noted ; he seemed to have bought himself a new shirt , but a dip-through in a hotel washbasin did n't exactly make for the best possible finish . |
6 | Katherine had even bought herself a new dress for the occasion out of her own pocket money topped up with a little from the bank account into which her own presents went . |
7 | Buy yourself a new fur coat and that ! |