Example sentences of "to build [pn reflx] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such cases it was to the obvious advantage of the farmer to build himself a new farmstead in the middle of his lands . |
| 2 | To cut a long story short , such is Smiley 's loathing for government that he has decided to establish his own private nation on Henderson Island , The Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) has neither accepted nor refused Smiley 's request For permission to build himself a family-sized mansion and an airstrip on Henderson . |
| 3 | Systemhouse sees the acquisition , the terms of which have not been disclosed , as the breakthrough in its efforts to build itself a powerful facilities management operation and capability in the UK . |
| 4 | If this knowledge is disseminated widely , and not restricted to already powerful groups , sociology can and must aid members of society to act more knowledgeably , more rationally , with more self-understanding ; it will be a tool aiding people to build themselves a better society . |
| 5 | There were some hills around me , so I decided to build myself a little house on one of them . |