Example sentences of "gave [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel that at 1–0 we gave ourselves a very good chance . |
| 2 | We gave ourselves a mountain to climb and did n't quite make it . |
| 3 | Shep got up and gave himself a good stretch . |
| 4 | The barman pulled the knot on his bow tie , gave himself a shot of booze , drank it , then gave himself another and carried it out into the garden , strolling away from the orchard and the tufty grass . |
| 5 | Tom Carey found some brandy and gave himself a double . |
| 6 | Francis gave himself a drink and raised the bottle questioningly . |
| 7 | DUBLINER Martin Sludds gave himself a major boost with a sparkling 68 over the hugely demanding K Club course at Straffan , to lead the Smurfit Irish PGA Championship by four shots at the halfway stage . |
| 8 | I believe that Stalin was paranoid about other people in the Soviet Union rising up and overthrowing him , so by bumping off Kirov and blaming on them , he effectively gave himself a licence to go out and kill all other them as revenge . |
| 9 | Parr was not a hasty man , and he gave himself a lot of space to think in . |
| 10 | So , he gave himself a red light on the beautiful Miss Marlowe , only to find he could n't make himself obey it . |
| 11 | Once again Buzz noticed that Adam did n't speak like other people : he always gave himself an out . |
| 12 | In the end of course , he snapped , gave himself an early coronary . |
| 13 | Could we not have all guessed that Lt Col Custer ( he gave himself the rank of general ) came 34th out of the class of 34 at West Point . |
| 14 | BORIS BECKER last night gave himself the perfect 25th birthday present , demolishing Jim Courier to become ATP world champion and end a disappointing year in triumph . |
| 15 | Haverford gave himself the credit for being reasonably quick-witted , but now the old ex-pat 's meaning had eluded him . |
| 16 | Hercegovina achieved a degree of autonomy under Stevan Vukšić , who gave himself the title Duke ( 'Herceg' ) of St Sava ( 1448 ) in honour of the Serbian royal saint of the thirteenth century . |
| 17 | She gave herself a little shake . |
| 18 | Well , I know in the interview you did with Patsy Kensit she gave herself a 4 so I 'll have to go for 2 . |
| 19 | Aside from her gold medal triumph at the Barcelona Olympics , Capriati said it has been a disappointing year on the court and gave herself a ‘ C ’ grade for her results . |
| 20 | She got out of the bath and gave herself a mental shake as she quickly towelled herself dry . |
| 21 | She gave herself a full minute to find her bearings in this mute kingdom , and her senses made the adjustment gratefully . |
| 22 | But as she opened her mouth to suggest it , she gave herself a mental shake . |
| 23 | She gave herself a mental shake . |
| 24 | She gave herself a mental shake ; Marianne was simply like many other egocentric actresses she 'd met — interested more in herself than in anything else — but that did n't necessarily mean she was trying to shut Shannon out . |
| 25 | She gave herself a small mental hug . |
| 26 | Sylvia 's journey to truth begins when she writes a novel about incest in 1972 , she gave herself a clue in calling the book Pandora . |
| 27 | She gave herself a shake . |
| 28 | She gave herself a shake . |
| 29 | She dropped the pillow back into place and gave herself a shake . |
| 30 | Luce gave herself a mental shake . |