Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time the DPKR had only 7,000 members and although they dissociated themselves from the Russian Communist Party , many were still members of the CPSU . |
| 2 | Essentially , it was a calculative attitude and it was clear that they managed themselves in the sense that they saw work as being a means to their personal ends , which might be owning a boarding house , for example . |
| 3 | No club was named in the piece but Wyre Boat Angling Club have complained to Angler 's Mail that they recognized themselves as the targets of Bob 's attack — and say his comments are inaccurate , totally unjustified and reflect solely a minority view . |
| 4 | Sylvia Pye , Chairwoman of Women against Pit Closures , said today : ‘ The women are in good spirits and they barricaded themselves in the cabin . |
| 5 | Traffic began to peter out and they found themselves in the middle of extensive minefields . |
| 6 | David pushed open one of the french windows and they found themselves in the library . |
| 7 | Marie had no time to think about Bella 's story : the little queue surged forward and they found themselves inside the double doors in a short corridor leading through to the main ward . |
| 8 | Wounded men and prisoners could still have much to fear if they found themselves at the mercy of their opponents . |
| 9 | Those of the cast who remembered the euphoria of Taunton were disappointed , but they comforted themselves with the fact that they were at least on , something which three days previously had looked most unlikely . |
| 10 | By way of illustration , let us take an example from the development of Newton 's theory that we have considered several times before , and consider the situation that confronted Leverrier and Adams when they addressed themselves to the troublesome orbit of the planet Uranus . |
| 11 | When they launched themselves into the dusk they seemed to fill the sky to the north for long minutes , and their cries reached as far as the village . |
| 12 | Josiah Wedgwood may have boasted his intent of " making such machines of men as can not err " but he could not nail his potters to the floor and was left to fume when they absented themselves for the local " wakes " . |
| 13 | The New Party made some members when they started , but when they turned themselves into the Fascist Party er they they rid of themselves of many of these er New Party peop , was in the New Party you know . |
| 14 | As they served themselves from the many little dishes , Maura surveyed her companion . |
| 15 | She crouched as the great flock screamed past her , wings humming ; some of them tangled in the trees , a few panicked as they shattered themselves against the stone of the fortress , or flew frantically in the confined space of the room ; but most of them circled above her head , then streamed away to the south , lost against the fading luminescence of the sky . |
| 16 | As they settled themselves on the trunk Silas switched off the torch . |