Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am writing to tell you that I no longer believe in God or consider myself a Christian . ’ |
| 2 | Wear sunlit shades to give your looks a lift — enhancing a tan , prolonging it , or to give yourself a slight sun-kissed healthy shimmer . |
| 3 | Faced with the same claims about the effect of words like " fair " , the courts today apply a doctrine of " mistake " which precludes all review of the expert 's analysis , unless the expert values the wrong shares or asks himself the wrong question about concepts such as fairness : see Chapter 13 . |
| 4 | ‘ Those who fail to do so undervalue or deny themselves a diverse range of talent and experience . ’ |
| 5 | She knew that , even as she knew that , whatever price had to be paid , she would rather pay it than deny herself the overwhelming need coursing through her . |
| 6 | I 'll give you that guarantee myself the company do n't like me doing this but I will guarantee . |
| 7 | The prat that calls himself the Hitman is how Stock Aitken Waterman 's Pete Waterman describes himself . |
| 8 | People , for reasons best known to themselves , regularly push wardrobes or pull pianos up the motorway that calls itself the tourist path . |
| 9 | He might still be a force for peace and unity in a country that calls itself The Union of Burma . |
| 10 | You see any product that calls itself an ‘ anti-perspirant ’ works by actually blocking the pores of your skin with chemicals . |
| 11 | He made for it , taking a short cut through the carpark adjoining a few prefabricated sheds that called themselves the Hawkwood Industrial Estate . |
| 12 | Anyone would think there was a law which stipulated that to call yourself a specialist in private medicine , you needed the necessary training and experience . |
| 13 | Although counting himself an enthusiastic Darwinian , he favoured a Lamarckian view of the evolutionary mechanism and was strongly influenced by the idealist trend in pre-Darwinian biology . |
| 14 | She lived alone , and therefore preferred convenience and fast foods rather than cook herself a proper meal with vegetables . |
| 15 | Agnes peered inside the shapeless felt bag covered in black jet that styled itself a purse . |
| 16 | You 're an idiot if you submit an article or a piece of any kind to a magazine , to a newspaper , without actually having looked at it , and studied it , and asked yourselves the question , ‘ What sort of house style is it ? |
| 17 | The notorious Dr Crippen , he pointed out , in fact murdered his assertive wife only because he was too vain simply to run away from her and make himself a target for scorn . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't you know it 's an offence to lie down on the King 's highway and make yourself a danger to passing traffic ? ’ |
| 19 | Go and make yourself a first . |
| 20 | you sell them it and make yourself a |
| 21 | Of course I 'm coming back , go and get your slippers on and make yourself a couple of bits of toast |
| 22 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 23 | I am not dying , no , I have suffered a terrible nightmare , but I am here , in my room , and the night must be far gone , it must be almost morning , I shall go downstairs and make myself a first pot of tea . |
| 24 | I woke feeling unwell and I decided to go downstairs and make myself a cup of tea . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | If you do n't mind , I will go and make myself an omelette . |
| 27 | When , a few hours later , Harriet got up to go downstairs and make herself a cup of tea , she was surprised to find Liza 's bedroom door open . |
| 28 | One morning I strolled home from the supermarket at the end of the road and made myself a cup of coffee . |
| 29 | Then she moved quietly into the kitchen and made herself a mug of tea . |
| 30 | She let herself into the house , and made herself a cup of tea . |