Example sentences of "made [pn reflx] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Brian made himself a cheese sandwich and pushed the crumbs into a pile . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | Back at Uncle Albert 's , Gedanken searched the fridge for a Coke ; he made himself a coffee . |
| 5 | The next morning , after another sleepless night — this really had to stop or he was going to start dozing off at his desk — he got up , made himself a coffee and , wincing already in anticipation of her reaction , called Alexandra 's flat . |
| 6 | But one feels now that the man who stood on the soapbox and who made himself a target for eggs is ready for it . |
| 7 | He made himself a cup of coffee and then , feeling deflated and not a little depressed , went to bed . |
| 8 | He turned on the little electric fire , made himself a cup of fake coffee with fake milk , and under its influence thought about deception . |
| 9 | Edward made himself a cup of tea and vanished to the Britches , where he stayed late into the dusk . |
| 10 | He made himself a cup of instant coffee and two slices of toast . |
| 11 | Still yawning , he made himself a cup of tea and took it to bed . |
| 12 | She made herself a pump organ , and Dreamed up a man to play it . |
| 13 | She made herself a cathedral , not quite in the spirit of the exterior , but roomy enough . |
| 14 | In the end , she made herself a drink of hot milk with a dash of brandy and took it up to bed , taking along the hot water bottle for good measure . |
| 15 | Leith was n't feeling very hungry when she got in , but she made herself a pot of tea and a snack , and , as she realised she had known she would , she worried . |
| 16 | She made herself a sandwich and a cup of tea and carried them along to her workroom . |
| 17 | Then she moved quietly into the kitchen and made herself a mug of tea . |
| 18 | Downstairs she made herself a cup of coffee and carried it out onto the patio and drank it at the table , smoked a loose-rolled sweet Italian cigarette , and watched the coming of the dawn . |
| 19 | Cook and Joan would not be down for another hour yet , so she made herself a cup of coffee on the gas stove . |
| 20 | She made herself a cup of English breakfast tea and then , with the kettle still boiling , steamed open the envelope . |
| 21 | She made herself a cup of tea , cut bread for toast , beat up eggs with grated cheese in a pan . |
| 22 | She made herself a cup of coffee and sat slowly drinking it , savouring the rich smooth brew . |
| 23 | She let herself into the house , and made herself a cup of tea . |
| 24 | Wendy ran after her child but her spiked heels slowed her , so she gave up and came back home and made herself a cup of coffee and read the stories in the back of her magazine . |
| 25 | Back at her flat , though , she made herself a cup of tea and was able to give her thoughts free rein — all of them centred on Naylor Massingham . |
| 26 | She tried the back door and found it open , and going in she turned on some lights and made herself a cup of coffee . |
| 27 | She came downstairs , she slopped all the way through to the kitchen made herself a cup of tea and sat |
| 28 | She exposed the soles of her feet at the mouth of the oven … she drank gall and rubbed her eyes therewith … in her ardent desire for suffering she made herself a silver circlet in which she fixed three rows of sharp points in honour of the thirty-three years that the Son of God lived upon earth … she wore it underneath her veil to make it the more painful as these points being unequally long did not all pierce at the same time … so that with the least agitation these iron thorns tore her flesh in ninety-nine places … |
| 29 | With a wry shrug of her slim shoulders Laura made herself a ham sandwich before wandering back into what the estate agent 's particulars had referred to as ‘ a huge reception-room ’ . |
| 30 | She dressed hurriedly , made herself a snack , took the bike and wheeled it round the corner of the cottage into the front garden . |