Example sentences of "[vb pp] themselves [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | No Hellenistic poet or philosopher quoted it , although modern scholars have sometimes deluded themselves on this subject . |
| 2 | It was probably natural that the community they set up was so convinced of its own religious ideals that it thought toleration was harmful , but it was also natural that the strong-minded people who had committed themselves to this Atlantic crossing were not able to agree among themselves what was the true religion to which they were so committed . |
| 3 | Although all epochs have helped themselves to this or that aspect of Mozart , all have over-emphasised the ‘ charm ’ . |
| 4 | They 've got themselves into this mess in just nine months . |
| 5 | One would have thought that if firms of auditors were as worried by the threat of litigation as they sometimes suggest , then they would at least have availed themselves of this elementary safeguard . |
| 6 | By June 6 the FLN secretary-general Abdelhamid Mehri and the leader of the Islamic Hamas party , Shaikh Mahfoud Nahnah , had also aligned themselves with this broad platform , which rejected affiliation to the proposed Patriotic Rally . |
| 7 | Swayed by similar arguments , the governments of the rich countries have now largely deprived themselves of this option . |
| 8 | Rentokil have established themselves in this market through a unique management structure . |