Example sentences of "[verb] themselves [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were less enthusiastic about two places which would consider themselves several cuts above the Meridien . |
| 2 | No one should be asking them ‘ True or false ? ’ : they fool themselves this way , so they can easily fool us . |
| 3 | Rugby and last year 's losing finalists in the Provincial Insurance cup have earned themselves another crack at it . |
| 4 | its going to come round at you in a minute , so I 'll talk about it until it gets to you , erm , it delighted my children this particular painting , erm and I decided to put my sort of analytical approach to one side erm and do something with that later , so this poem is from my , my children 's point of view and one of the things that are very interested , they were really worried , that , erm , I think it marks the height of the table and the fact that the puppies might fall off and do themselves some harm , that , I 'll read it while its going round and then I can see then , that , so this is , ok , from my children 's point of view this poem , its called Threes , Table laid and waiting , milk place in bowl not to high , they lap and swirl , played and roll , paws distance from knocking and breaking goblet , made from clay . |
| 5 | ‘ And people who tan easily will probably do themselves less harm . ’ |
| 6 | Surprisingly , in the last decades is that literary studies , perhaps especially classical studies , which may seem to be at the other extreme of the academic spectrum from the sciences , have shown themselves more self confident in the use of computers than history has done , even though history is closer to the social sciences which have for long been acclimatized to quantification and computerization . |
| 7 | All this while helping your family and friends enjoy themselves this year . |
| 8 | Furthermore , firms may set themselves several targets and not simply restrict themselves to the sole target of profit maximisation . |
| 9 | Around 180 per 100,000 Greenland males killed themselves that year . |
| 10 | In view of the dicey and rapidly deteriorating state of our physical surroundings , largely attributable to our ham-fisted handling of the powers bestowed on us by scientific and technological ‘ progress ’ , it might have been thought that there was a place in society for young persons who had taken the time and the trouble needed to give themselves some understanding of the problems we have set ourselves , so that they could help to reduce the damage done , and the worse damage yet to come . |
| 11 | SPACE SUCCESS : St Simon 's School at Hazel Grove launched their ‘ Space Venture ’ to raise money to give themselves more space in the school — a new mobile classroom . |
| 12 | The assembled heads of government , under CARICOM 's new chair , Patrick Manning , the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago , agreed to reconvene on Oct. 28-30 to give themselves more time to study the wide-ranging recommendations of the West Indian Commission , created in November 1989 , which on June 18 had released a major 600-page report on the region 's future . |
| 13 | But I do n't think they can go voting themselves more money whilst the rest of us have trouble in finding work . |
| 14 | If there was no natural cover , camouflage nets were slung over the trucks , while the men tended to disperse themselves some distance away , preferably in the lee of a rock . |
| 15 | Radio producers have to remind themselves each week that radio broadcasting is n't about selling records , but about entertaining an audience . |
| 16 | Even if you 're sure you 've got what it takes , NatWest Bank advise prospective franchisees to ask themselves these questions : WHAT are your real strengths and weaknesses ? |
| 17 | It seemed that to feed the children they had denied themselves all food and eaten grass . |
| 18 | They lost at home again yesterday they shall find themselves some trouble if they do n't buck their ideas up whether they 're lacking or not |
| 19 | ‘ But I still used to pose on the bike for publicity purposes , ’ she 'd say archly over her tea and Eccles cakes , ‘ until the varicose veins started to show through me silver tights and Flaherty said I 'd better call it a day and let them find themselves another pin-up girl . ’ |