Example sentences of "[vb base] themselves [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one should be asking them ‘ True or false ? ’ : they fool themselves this way , so they can easily fool us . |
| 2 | The ‘ working class ’ collectivity is , in a sense , centred on manual industrial labour , at least for the adult male members of working class families , although ( a ) by no means all people who consider themselves working class are employed in that sphere and ( b ) a not insignificant minority of people employed in that sphere do not consider themselves working class . |
| 3 | George said : ‘ I think this should be a lesson to directors who give themselves massive pay rises . |
| 4 | All this while helping your family and friends enjoy themselves this year . |
| 5 | That was of course a league cup match , and despite that showing they find themselves still second from bottom , second division , and they need to convert that league cup success into winning league matches . |
| 6 | We have no responsibility for what he called the hippy drop outs , who call themselves new age travellers . |
| 7 | Since then , the directors have done little other than line their own pockets , award themselves enormous pay increases and indulge in dodgy share options , all of which has been done at the expense of the domestic customer , whose bill has gone up by 40 per cent . |
| 8 | But there has also appeared , in the past decade , a strong reaction against collectivism , in the shape of opposition to what is seen as excessive regulation of social life by public bureaucracies , and this has been translated in some countries ( notably in Britain ) into policies of privatization of public enterprises and services , with consequences that have themselves given rise to fierce controversy . |