Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked on further down the street and when I spied a suitable coffee shop , I went in , sat down and ordered myself a soothing cuppa . |
| 2 | Or you might be better sitting down and ordering yourself a drink : the waiter may be gone some time . |
| 3 | Some of the lyrics were sung to familiar jazz songs ; ‘ I 'm gon na sit right down and paint myself an abstract ’ went to the tune of ‘ I 'm gon na sit right down and write myself a letter ’ . |
| 4 | He slammed the phone down and allowed himself a small smile . |
| 5 | Some of the lyrics were sung to familiar jazz songs ; ‘ I 'm gon na sit right down and paint myself an abstract ’ went to the tune of ‘ I 'm gon na sit right down and write myself a letter ’ . |
| 6 | And he said he 'd go down and get himself a sherry . ’ |
| 7 | Thought well I had this fire on so , I gets up to go through and make myself a l you know a drink before going to bed and I put my 'jamas on and dressing gown . |
| 8 | I went to take Wendy 's laundry round Tuesday night I forget why I was , I do n't know , well I did n't call but I just drove on and got myself a says Jim you 're early tonight , quarter past ten . |
| 9 | Of course I 'm coming back , go and get your slippers on and make yourself a couple of bits of toast |
| 10 | Perhaps they felt that it had been a dream all along , always doomed , this fantastical idea that their young brother would go on and get himself a serious education , even go to college . |
| 11 | England 's a fascinating and beautiful country — so why not take off and give yourself a break ? |
| 12 | At Yanto 's suggestion they had each gone off and found themselves a long thin stick apiece . |
| 13 | Come up and give yourself a bit of a wash and we 'll put it on . |
| 14 | She got up and poured herself a glass of whisky without asking , and my mother did n't seem to mind . |
| 15 | The Inner Man PUSH , PUSH AND PUSH OFF Put your feet up and pour yourself a brandy and soda — women want you out of the delivery room |
| 16 | English scholars , all classicists or ex-classicists , hurried to catch up and prove themselves the equals of the Germans in philological and textual skill . |
| 17 | Shep got up and gave himself a good stretch . |
| 18 | Space-travel , science , the whole world waking up and stretching itself A new age is beginning . |
| 19 | Then I had to save up and buy myself a black dress for the afternoons when the housemaid was out , you see . |
| 20 | One timid secretary with very little self confidence was instructed " Go out and get yourself a driving licence . |
| 21 | As she spoke , she reached out and poured herself a glass of water from a jug that was always on her desk . |
| 22 | By the end of that season , when he won his first championship by a large margin , I had little doubt who had achieved the triumph : Niki is no braggart , but in the first of many longish talks , he explained to me that his nature was such that he really just could n't stand the second-rate ; and if you saw the second-rate around you , you had a clear choice — either you cleared out and found yourself the first-rate or you simply demanded that second-rate people became first-rate . |
| 23 | There is a story that two painters had been drinking until dawn and , on hearing the news of the occupation on the radio , went out and found themselves an inspector of police . |
| 24 | ‘ Go out and buy yourself a camera to use outdoors , and be over here in Grosvenor Place at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon . ’ |
| 25 | As soon as the shops opened after the holidays he was going to go out and buy himself a tie ! |
| 26 | ‘ If the Tories get in , I 'll go out and buy myself a new frock , ’ said perhaps the most influential man in British fashion . |
| 27 | Then a bearded man in a bowler hat and overcoat came in , looked around and found himself a seat in a corner . |