Example sentences of "[pn reflx] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It gave us both lots of pleasure trying to work out the various clues , so we shall give ourselves a pat on the back for doing so well — hope you will have some more mind-boggling competitions in the future . |
| 2 | During the three year programme we set ourselves a total of 33 remits , of which only 5 remain to be completed . |
| 3 | But we do not like to admit that we masturbate , because people might think that we can not get ourselves a man or a woman of our own . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've given ourselves a chance to finish in the top three , a tremendous achievement for a team that was tipped for relegation at the start of the season . |
| 5 | ‘ We will set ourselves a budget each year and do only as much as we can afford . |
| 6 | if we 've given ourselves a budget of four thousand pounds and we 've ear |
| 7 | Equally , we tend to see the learning of a foreign language as mastering a skill , thereby perhaps doing ourselves a disservice . |
| 8 | In trying to persuade to move away from arrangements which utilize those bearings we 're effectively trying to do ourselves a favour , because we can not provide those bearings , but we 're not necessarily offering the optimum engineering solution , or maybe even the total cost solution in certain applications |
| 9 | ‘ Why do n't we do ourselves a favour ? ’ she said through her teeth . |
| 10 | We even excuse ourselves a smile at the Catholic priest who tells of how he , being an incompetent tennis player , accidentally mishit a shot that flew into an adjacent court where a black man happened to be playing . |
| 11 | The draw cost Norwich crucial points in the championship race and assistant manager John Deehan said : ‘ It would have been nice to close that gap at the top because we now find ourselves a bit adrift . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought if we could get their nature thing together with your Alps thing , we might both do ourselves a bit of good . |
| 13 | The fact a small region , and we call ourselves a region , that 's how we got the grants , we now see ourselves developing to support our colleagues in and see the need for a strong regional approach which my colleague will mention later . |
| 14 | I want a plump wife and a happy one , otherwise we shall never get ourselves a family . " |
| 15 | ‘ I think we 'd make ourselves a laughing-stock . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , just the one , I think , Mrs Padmore , ’ he replies drily , ‘ until we 've got ourselves a shade more sorted out . ’ |
| 17 | Now , what we have to do is organize for ourselves a mechanism whereby , for any particular project , we use the procedures that are necessary for that project . |
| 18 | ‘ I think Jimmy and I will go and get ourselves a cup of tea and leave you to talk to Len , ’ said Rachel . |
| 19 | ‘ Let's go hunt ourselves a party , ’ says the one who owns the boat . |
| 20 | We gave ourselves a mountain to climb and did n't quite make it . |
| 21 | Well I guess we may get a we may get ourselves a waste disposable unit . |
| 22 | I wonder if we could set ourselves a target , that we actually include something like this in next year 's business plan . |
| 23 | Curran reveals : ‘ We 've set ourselves a target of four clean sheets for the last four matches — if we can achieve that we 're certain of at least four points . ’ |
| 24 | We had another week before the Festival and we figured we could hitch ourselves a ride the last leg of the way on a fast freight loader from Exalfa City . ’ |
| 25 | By checking ourselves a moment before taking action , we give ourselves time to use our reasoning powers in investigating the most efficient and appropriate way of performing such an action . |
| 26 | The terrain being flat , the wind tore across scrub and heathland unimpeded , and the snow it drove ahead of itself banked against our cottage , so that to get out to the pump we had to dig ourselves a path . |
| 27 | Now all I have to do is persuade you to sign a contract for a lot longer than six months , and we 've got ourselves a deal . |
| 28 | We allow ourselves a little bit more time to get the design right cos the reason we got it wrong in the first place was because it was a quick spend project and nobody er had time to do it properly . |
| 29 | As experienced clinical forensic practitioners we provide training for ‘ police surgeons ’ but consider ourselves a product of the Association of Police Surgeons ' efforts to improve academic standards . |
| 30 | ‘ Come , ’ they say to one another , ‘ Let us build ourselves a city , and a tower with its top in the heavens , and let us make a name for ourselves , lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth ’ ( 11.4 ) . |