Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] himself a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward made himself a cup of tea and vanished to the Britches , where he stayed late into the dusk . |
| 2 | Swod allowed himself a quarter smile at her recognition but his body was so unused to this display of emotion that he began to cough . |
| 3 | In a letter to Einstein , Freud called himself a pacifist . |
| 4 | Manville permitted himself a smile . |
| 5 | Lorton left the pub just as Viol bought himself a second pint . |
| 6 | Cornelius poured himself a cup and topped up the daddy 's . |
| 7 | Wickham fetched himself a chair . |
| 8 | Rincewind allowed himself a moment 's sadness . |
| 9 | Bloxham poured himself a glass of water , and took his place . |
| 10 | With raised eyebrows and the adoption of that cool , emotionless glance he had bestowed on her before , Marc allowed himself a brief , telling scrutiny of her face , then , apparently satisfied with what he read in it , pushed open the door and led the way inside . |
| 11 | FURIOUS Ards boss Paul Malone fined himself a week 's wages after an angry clash with the Linfield bench as his team crashed out of the TNT Gold Cup yesterday . |
| 12 | ARDS manager Paul Malone fined himself a week 's wages last night after a touchline bust-up with Linfield rival Trevor Anderson . |
| 13 | Brian made himself a cheese sandwich and pushed the crumbs into a pile . |
| 14 | Of course , I already had some experience with the various falconers ' knots and changing jesses with a bird perched on my fist , but poor old Derek got himself a bit tied up . |
| 15 | Joe poured himself a half of beer and pulled a chair up to the fire with the two boys . |
| 16 | Ibrox Villiers Cley permitted himself a smile . |
| 17 | Carefully not clinking the bottles , Maxim mixed himself a whisky and water , drank it in three gulps , then poured another and began sipping . |
| 18 | Eb permitted himself a half-smile . |
| 19 | I though Jones did himself a mischief right at the very end . |
| 20 | The Mason bought himself a nest of a wagon , and squirreled up coats and boxes , pots and pans , church silver , salt meat , the wax seals off the petitions , ale kegs and coins of the realm . |
| 21 | Steve Ellis bought himself a franchise at the Clifford Daries in Oxford 2 years ago for £5,000 . |
| 22 | Kenneth Caitlin lit himself a cigar , blowing the smoke out in huge puffs that swirled around his bald head . |
| 23 | So it is back to Portugal these Portugals can go , and tell Dom João to find himself a wife elsewhere . " |
| 24 | On September 22nd , 1870 , Flaubert bought himself a revolver ; at Croisset , he drilled his ragged collection of men in expectation of a Prussian advance ; he took them out on night patrols ; he told them to shoot him if he tried to run away . |
| 25 | Francis gave himself a drink and raised the bottle questioningly . |
| 26 | ( GRAMPS pours himself a drink . |
| 27 | But , away from the set , Glover regards himself a family man — just like his Lethal Weapon screen character . |
| 28 | It was one of the very rare occasions when Chaplin made himself a worker , a member of the proletariat with all the attendant problems of low wages , of dealing with a foreman , and of sustaining a home and family . |
| 29 | Back in Britain , Crawford found himself a choreographer , Leo Charibean , who taught him to dance the American way . |
| 30 | For a second time du Guesclin found himself a prisoner of the English , who routed his army . |