Sentence examples for earned myself from inspiring English sources

I flew at the brat and kicked his ringwormed shins, for which I earned myself a thrashing".

I had now no choice but to drag the book like a cart through the mud, stopping and starting while I earned myself a living, until I'd brought the thing to a finish".

I also earned myself a nickname, Gandalf (or Gandork, depending who you are!)" Last year my son Austin went as Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings, this year he's selected Legolas again from Lord of the Rings, but also in the Hobbit movie.

My name's Alex and as one of the most earnestly academic music scribes on the planet I've earned myself many belittling titles, from the not-really-that offensive "fifth member of Vampire Weekend" to the quite too-the-point label of "the one with a shit haircut who thinks he's James Joyce".

"I've earned myself a beer now!" Roger Federer: "It was very different.

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"You have to earn that respect," says Jon. Respect is something I'm here to earn myself, as I have been given the enormous task of scoring the jousting competition.

A satisfying rejoinder to those who, according solely to Boccaccio, of course, said he "would be better employed in earning myself a good meal than in going hungry for the sake of producing nonsense of this sort".

"I need to earn myself a contract at Brentford, or even Northampton or somewhere else," Norris added.

"Hopefully, I can work hard here and possibly earn myself a full-time contract after I've finished my Sports Science degree at University".

I worked toward the goal of earning myself a place in a competitive laboratory in North America after my graduate studies in Singapore.