Example sentences of "[v-ing] themselves [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as they 'd assembled a set of songs , they reverted back to 1964 by securing themselves weekly club residencies in Liverpool and Manchester . |
| 2 | She also talked of naked greed , although it takes a curious kind of logic to see the deprived as greedy while company directors were awarding themselves large pay increases and the ‘ yuppies ’ in the city were making a great deal of money and spending it as conspicuously as possible . |
| 3 | By awarding themselves hefty Christmas bonuses now they will be able to pay tax on the extra money at the current rate and save themselves thousands of pounds . |
| 4 | But I do n't think they can go voting themselves more money whilst the rest of us have trouble in finding work . |
| 5 | SHEFFIELD EAGLES were doubtless declaring themselves unofficial world club champions last night — and it was not the Stones Bitter talking . |