Example sentences of "out and [verb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | One timid secretary with very little self confidence was instructed " Go out and get yourself a driving licence . |
2 | As she spoke , she reached out and poured herself a glass of water from a jug that was always on her desk . |
3 | By the end of that season , when he won his first championship by a large margin , I had little doubt who had achieved the triumph : Niki is no braggart , but in the first of many longish talks , he explained to me that his nature was such that he really just could n't stand the second-rate ; and if you saw the second-rate around you , you had a clear choice — either you cleared out and found yourself the first-rate or you simply demanded that second-rate people became first-rate . |
4 | There is a story that two painters had been drinking until dawn and , on hearing the news of the occupation on the radio , went out and found themselves an inspector of police . |
5 | ‘ Go out and buy yourself a camera to use outdoors , and be over here in Grosvenor Place at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon . ’ |
6 | As soon as the shops opened after the holidays he was going to go out and buy himself a tie ! |
7 | ‘ If the Tories get in , I 'll go out and buy myself a new frock , ’ said perhaps the most influential man in British fashion . |