Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] themselves [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that feudalism had collapsed , taking with it the traditional form of power , the great lairds had better make themselves rich , he believed , and land and its development offered the only way forward . |
| 2 | All supervising officers , including senior divisional managers — chief superintendents — ‘ should not only hold themselves accountable , but be actively held accountable for the overall level of their subordinates ’ . |
| 3 | Certainly they could easily find themselves short of energy amid plenty . |
| 4 | Relate and Samaritans both have good processes of assessing whether people are ready to begin counsellor training or whether they need more help themselves first . |
| 5 | ‘ And people who tan easily will probably do themselves less harm . ’ |
| 6 | Smaller raids which followed on the south-German cities of Munich , Augsburg , and Nuremberg , had a disproportionate psychological effect in demonstrating the extent of allied air supremacy in the capacity to reach so far south , and in illustrating that few could now consider themselves immune from the dangers of bombing . |
| 7 | From this point on , Flaubert must have known that any full length novel would probably take him five to seven years ; and therefore that most of his back-burner projects would inevitably boil themselves dry in the pot . |
| 8 | And they could unwittingly find themselves supporting terrorists and drug dealers . |
| 9 | Now these scientists are being asked to bear another burden : nearly 2,000 who were promised university positions may now find themselves jobless because the universities do not want them . |
| 10 | At times of high wages or low food prices , out-workers could opt for more leisure , but in times of slack trade they might well find themselves unable to get enough work to compensate for falling rates . |