Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] themselves on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 400e ) , they identified themselves with the state , or put themselves on a level with it : they did not openly claim to rule it . |
| 2 | But however unpleasant monsoonal conditions can on occasion be , they are as nothing compared with the fearsome storms that hurl themselves on the Pacific with terrible regularity . |
| 3 | The worst thing you can do is set these things and then cock it up because secretaries is people that pride themselves on being administratively perfect |
| 4 | In some minutes the short hairs on the disc of the leaf began to bend , then the long hairs , and laid themselves on the insect . |
| 5 | that they thought they could develop and hav hold events on , and er , he said , like we , we came up with some good ideas , put forward some ideas , really good ideas , for things to do on this land , and he said , the trouble is that all these councillors back on to these pieces of land , and he said , er , they do n't want people coming along and enjoying themselves on it , because they want to go and walk their labradors on it . |
| 6 | They jerk from side to side and rub themselves on the plants , but there is no redness or inflammation of the gills . |
| 7 | He said everybody liked to go out and amuse themselves on Saturday night . |
| 8 | ‘ Some try and hang themselves on lamp-posts outside men 's houses , but I do n't know any of that sort . |
| 9 | Shots slammed into the walls inside the courtyard where the civilians cried and threw themselves on the ground . |
| 10 | They came before the tent and prostrated themselves on the ground before following their chief to prison . |
| 11 | By resorting to guns , even toy ones , are the Lithuanians forfeiting the rights of democrats and putting themselves on the same level as the Soviet troops ? |
| 12 | I , I 'm sorry to keep saying ‘ Yes ’ to everything that you 're , you 're suggesting , but yes , we are thinking about communication skills , particularly the encouraging and helping children to learn to write properly , I do n't mean calligraphy , I mean actually write and express themselves on paper , oral communication , and things of this kind are things that we do want to pay attention to . |
| 13 | They competed to see who could eat most in the hotel restaurant and gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas . |
| 14 | In Ostland the horde began to loot and destroy with customary Orc efficiency , crushing the spring crops underfoot and gorging themselves on the hard won stores of the local people . |
| 15 | Drivers are noted egotists and pride themselves on being hard men who are in a given place to race and the devil take the hindmost . |
| 16 | The Orkneys and Shetland also have a long history of independence in local government terms and pride themselves on their Scandinavian roots and their distinctiveness from Scotland . |
| 17 | Tenants who refuse to accept leases are given notice to quit and find themselves on the streets after years of loyal service . |