Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pn reflx] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back at Uncle Albert 's , Gedanken searched the fridge for a Coke ; he made himself a coffee . |
| 2 | He made himself a cup of coffee and then , feeling deflated and not a little depressed , went to bed . |
| 3 | He made himself a cup of instant coffee and two slices of toast . |
| 4 | Still yawning , he made himself a cup of tea and took it to bed . |
| 5 | As I was saying : they dig up that and also Francis 's moment of passion when he made himself a father — which must have been more than twenty years ago ! |
| 6 | He built Himself a pageant , did n't He ? |
| 7 | Consider , for example , Kloppenberg 's assessment of Sidney Webb : ‘ Although he passed through a Comtean phase that permanently altered his perspective from liberal individualism to organic collectivism , he had shed the positivist 's confidence in ultimate certainties as inconsistent with empiricism and democracy by the time he proclaimed himself a socialist in 1886 . ’ |
| 8 | Then he spilled himself a puddle of wine and , dipping one gloved finger in the puddle , drew a plan of his mother 's estate-village in relation to the deserted plague village . |
| 9 | He believed himself a near-monster , a deformity , a half-Human creature born of a sorcerer 's mismanaged spell-weaving . |
| 10 | He allowed himself a smile . |
| 11 | He fetched himself a scotch from the mini-bar and dismissed the matter from his thoughts . |
| 12 | He poured himself a gin , sipped it , then added ice and tonic water as an afterthought . |
| 13 | He poured himself a drink . |
| 14 | And he poured himself a drink . |
| 15 | He poured himself a drink and then sat and looked at her . |
| 16 | Ronni followed him back into the sitting-room and stood awkwardly watching him as he poured himself a whisky . |
| 17 | He poured himself a cup of tea and drank it , selfconsciously , very aware of her sitting tensely beside him . |
| 18 | He poured himself a cup of coffee from his private flask and watched the white gulls lift and scatter against the dull grey sky . |
| 19 | He poured himself a cup of tea . |
| 20 | He poured himself a cup and lit a cigarette . |
| 21 | He poured himself a glass and led the way through to his large music room . |
| 22 | In his speech he declared himself a runner . |
| 23 | He fined himself a week 's wages for joining in a shouting match with Linfield officials after Tommy Leeman was booked for a tackle on Lee Doherty . |
| 24 | Using all his cunning arts he forged himself a blade and wove it round with deadly enchantments . |
| 25 | Now he fancied himself a connoisseur of the smell , able to distinguish between its elements . |
| 26 | Once in the house , he carved himself a slice of meat from an ancient joint , put it on a slice of bread , and settled down at his desk with a sigh of pleasure , preparing to continue work on the Gaelic Dictionary on Historical Principles which he had been occupied with now for nearly forty years . |
| 27 | In one of his songs he called himself a master of the art of love , good enough to be able to earn his living at it . |
| 28 | Dad was a jolly chap sober , or could be , but when he 'd had a few he thought himself a bit of a lady-killer . |
| 29 | He rolled himself a cigarette and started coughing . |
| 30 | He lit himself a cigarette with his gold lighter . |