Example sentences of "to themselves [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all we were all leading aircraftsmen on the course and the officer element were acting pilot officers on probation who generally referred to themselves as the lowest form of animal life within the RAF . |
| 2 | To my mind that clinched the connection with Pegasus Farm , the Winged Pegasus being the emblem of the Parachute Regiment which used to be called the Red Berets ( when Richard Todd was making films ) but nowadays ( since American Football and Rambo ) referred to themselves as the Maroon Machine . |
| 3 | When Elizabeth 's mother and sister had gone to Leeds , Elizabeth and George had the house to themselves for the first time since the early days of their marriage . |
| 4 | American oil companies ( fearful of the knock-on effects to themselves in the Middle East if Iranian radicals were seen to succeed ) proved more enthusiastic allies than the State Department . |
| 5 | The British raiders had the race to themselves from the final turn as Jodami overhauled his chief rival in an exciting duel that was only decided on the line . |
| 6 | Left to themselves by the German bourgeoisie — because in German usage ‘ sister ’ was the accepted genteelism for ‘ mistress ’ — the Wordsworths declined into misery and homesickness . |