Example sentences of "[verb] themselves [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're getting more educated , they can come out and enjoy themselves without that . |
| 2 | Yes and the committee has to learn to adjust themselves to that to that to not worry |
| 3 | ‘ It appears to me that the whole question is governed by the broad , general , universal principle that English legislation , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied as to make it the duty of an English court to give effect to an English statute , is applicable only to English subjects or to foreigners who by coming into this country , whether for a long or a short time , have made themselves during that time subject to English jurisdiction . |
| 4 | In 1912 Eleanor Barton , a spokeswoman for the WCG ( albeit herself middle class ) , voiced the opinion that ‘ women suffer a great deal through their husbands ’ sensuality , and that is more evident amongst working people than other classes , simply because the conditions of life lend themselves to that sort of thing , and they have not been taught the proper uses of their bodies ' . |
| 5 | It 's crazy , it 's crazy , if only people again 'd sit back and look at it and see exactly what 's happening , rather than saying it serves them right , they should n't of done this , they should n't of got themselves into that position they 're in that position |
| 6 | After seeing him , because he thought that once he 'd seen the consultant it would then take some time to get the treatment started , but they must have got themselves over that . |
| 7 | Not that anybody would interest themselves in that sort of thing anyway — it simply is n't important , ’ she added rather lamely . |
| 8 | I should happily give way — if it were in my power to do so — to give them the opportunity to dissociate themselves from that appalling motion . |
| 9 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is as amazed as I am that Labour Front-Bench spokesmen refuse to dissociate themselves from that position , and therefore stand to reject ’ alien investment ’ . |
| 10 | In the Sixties , women had that kind of confidence and wanted to express themselves in that way . |
| 11 | On the face of it , this is similar to accommodation theory : speakers approximate their interlocutors ' linguistic behaviour , or distance themselves from it , depending on whether or not they wish to identify themselves with that individual . |
| 12 | ‘ I always think of doctors as plumbers , but they do n't usually see themselves like that . |
| 13 | And therefore , if it can really come to this possibility of ministry a sort of , Young Farmers Club idea of getting themselves about that could be a a a a , a , a marvellous boost . |
| 14 | More than three times as many men as women killed themselves during that time , the Minister for Health , Brendan Howlin , disclosed . |
| 15 | ‘ This meeting , having taken into consideration the proceedings of former meetings , and being informed that many respectable persons delay giving their names as subscribers while the proceedings of the committee are subject to be reported to the Odiham Society , and are under the controul [ sic ] thereof , find it expedient to detach themselves from that Society , the work on which they are engaged being of so considerable importance , the reformation and improvement of Farriery , requiring that it should be confined to that purpose and use alone , and be under the sole management and control of its own members . |
| 16 | The public are respectfully informed , that the Committee appointed by the Odiham Agriculture Society to consider the best method of improving the Art commonly called Farriery , have , in pursuance of that design , and feeling themselves unable to act with due energy and effect in the capacity of a Committee , found it expedient to detach themselves from that respectable Society , and to erect themselves into the present form . |
| 17 | Again , I repeat with this problem of unemployment and so on , and the really obscene level of unemployment in this country at the moment — absolutely shocking I think — and I think the universities have to address themselves to that problem . |
| 18 | For those who find themselves in that category , something extra is now needed , some adventitious stroke of fortune , something to upset the terms of the argument and create a world no longer dominated by a leader of proven unpopularity . |
| 19 | A lot of people wo n't commit themselves to that kind of thing . |
| 20 | I ca n't imagine people in this country putting themselves through that , no matter how much they love that person . |
| 21 | I hope that Opposition Members will dissociate themselves from that comment , because Japanese and American investment is more than welcome here . |
| 22 | It is clear from the conversation that there was sympathy for the person involved because it was easy for them to place themselves in that position , allowing the event to be normalized . |
| 23 | or anything , I really do n't think anyone should put themselves in that position . |
| 24 | Into our own time , many architectural historians confine themselves to that subject ; it has moreover continued to have a nostalgic appeal to novelists . |
| 25 | People within enterprises who are designated to engage in environmental scanning ( and similar ) activities do not of course restrict themselves to that part of the total external information resource that happens to be publicly available at a specific point in time . |
| 26 | They would n't have allowed them , you know , did n't want to kill themselves like that . |
| 27 | God , if anyone was going to kill themselves after that , it was me — me , Inspector — not him . ’ |
| 28 | In East Anglia , people either in , eh , on their pub lunches there , how they throw themselves onto that , all on too treacle pudding . |
| 29 | I admire people who express themselves in that way . |
| 30 | it just fell on its face and it 's such a shame that the land like that er , er rich in everything , neglected themselves to that state that they 're begging for food |