Example sentences of "[verb] themselves [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It accuses " particular producer groups " of " manipulating domestic environmental policies to benefit themselves at the expense of both the rest of the economy and ultimately even the environment " . |
| 2 | The hands Maria had raised to Luke 's shoulders strayed eagerly to the back of his neck and up into the thickness of his dark hair , her fingers pressing themselves to the perfect shaping of his skull as she sought and claimed a deeper kiss , drawing him far into the warm moist depths of her mouth . |
| 3 | It sounded like footsteps , followed by a sliding noise , as of someone pressing themselves against the wall and sitting down . |
| 4 | They won by applying themselves to the job in hand and , if they had continued to do the same in the Tests , it might have been an interesting summer . |
| 5 | On the other side , men of letters have so few opportunities of applying themselves to the general practice that the rules they lay down , however plausible they may seem in the closet , would often ruin the honest gardener who should venture to follow them . |
| 6 | Bones fly up from the ground all around them , magically assembling themselves into the massive skeleton of some huge , dinosaur-like beast . |
| 7 | With their assistance , gears and warped carburettor components and portions of armour major and minor were assembling themselves into an enormous baroque weapon . |
| 8 | The absence of any coherent and agreed philosophy for the media in many African countries is a matter which is of obvious concern to many of that continent 's politicians as well as its media professionals , and a number of African leaders have addressed themselves to the problem . |
| 9 | The courts have also addressed themselves to the question of whether natural justice or fairness applies to matters of a legislative nature . |
| 10 | Having addressed themselves to the army and the treasury , the authorities turned to the Orthodox Church . |
| 11 | They cushion themselves on the silence . |
| 12 | It can and will work , but only if heads and governors involve themselves in a true partnership based on mutual trust , respect and understanding . |
| 13 | Whilst most of us , for example , can cope with having the occasional murderous thought about people we love , or work with , there are other people for whom such thoughts constitute a profound assault on their self-worth , and who must , therefore , either suffer that sense of worthlessness or involve themselves in an intense effort to deny or rationalize the thought . |
| 14 | The biological positivists did not , however , involve themselves in the detailed specification of penal treatments . |
| 15 | Scientists face a constant struggle to segregate themselves from the inducements offered by governments , pressure groups and publishers , all of which may provide alternative sources of funding and prestige to those of their colleagues . |
| 16 | Some transracial adopters may prefer to isolate themselves from the cultural background and ethnic origin of their child because it is easier in the short run to escape conflicts . |
| 17 | However , it was always possible for the rich and the powerful to isolate themselves from the consequences of industrial growth by moving away from the factory areas to the more tranquil and less squalid atmosphere of the countryside . |
| 18 | More likely , they sustained themselves by a mixture of both strategems . |
| 19 | Frankie backed away as the animal 's snarling head and powerful front legs hooked themselves over the top of the gate and her back legs struggled for a foot-hold on the curves of wrought iron . |
| 20 | The gang helped themselves to a video , leather jacket , private letters plus bits and pieces to the tune of £1,000 before fleeing . |
| 21 | He was told to unlock the premises and his assailants then helped themselves to a large quantity of cigarettes and cash . |
| 22 | Thieves helped themselves to a number of televisions off the back of a lorry parked at Woodside Cafe , at Knayton , near Thirsk , while the driver had his breakfast . |
| 23 | Eventually , the bloody turf wars ceased , and for a long time the authorities either winked at their illegal trade or even helped themselves to the till . |
| 24 | On the first day , Chris left out a bowl of fruit and the children — unused to seeing such a wide variety — helped themselves to the lot . |
| 25 | Mr Hutchinson managed to raise the alarm but the two men helped themselves to the cash and made off in the car driven by Wishart , of no fixed abode . |
| 26 | Guests helped themselves from a buffet where a hot luncheon of delicious children 's food was served , included sausages , goulash , and open baked potatoes with a pat of butter inside . |
| 27 | The raiders smashed the front door panel of the garage shop and helped themselves from the cigarette shelves . |
| 28 | Writers on architecture such as J. C. Loudon in the 1830s and George Godwin in the 1840s , interest themselves in the houses of the poor ; while in the latter decade not only Dickens but many other novelists are concerned with a variety of living spaces for which the middle class home , rather than the aristocrat 's , sets the standard . |
| 29 | What she is saying is that there are hundreds of millions of people out there who can let life go by without trying to relate themselves to the big issues . |
| 30 | ‘ The common denominator in all these children is a disability to relate themselves in the ordinary way to people and situations from the beginning of life ’ . |