Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] themselves with " in BNC.
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| 1 | The feminist movement has combined with ecology to make many women feel that stuffing themselves with pills is not what Mother Nature wants , and that learning to understand their bodies by the rhythm method is superior . |
| 2 | Older people , not unreasonably , relate health to others of their own approximate age rather than comparing themselves with younger people in their physical prime . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce . |
| 4 | Work was stratified , resulting in the most inexperienced and least qualified nurses delivering practical nursing care to the patient while senior nurses planned , organised and coordinated this activity from the nurses ' station , thus controlling the work while busying themselves with administrative duties . |
| 5 | Excavation suggest that before this , Castle Dore was the centre of a large community made wealthy by the trade in tin and iron , as well as busying themselves with agriculture . |