Example sentences of "[v-ing] themselves [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have put forward their nine-year coach Laurie Mains , and are winding themselves up to the point of wanting him as coach , first-up . |
| 2 | It is probably quite likely that the foreigners were honest and hard working , keeping themselves much to themselves but it was clearly a tinder-box situation with the tiniest spark capable of leading to a conflagration . |
| 3 | Separate toilets for younger children , staggered playtimes or separate playgrounds for under-fives also mark schools that are really gearing themselves up to the educational needs of these younger pupils . |
| 4 | When Geoff Cooke was asked last season about who would be available to him he suggested that he would not be too interested in players pledging themselves only to one final swansong against South Africa in November . |
| 5 | While pledging themselves publicly to legislation , they worked privately to block many of the attempts to secure new acts and statutes . |
| 6 | In its report on community care funding , the committee expressed grave concerns about the ability of SSDs to record unmet need without opening themselves up to judicial review . |
| 7 | They pay scant attention to the historical backdrop , addressing themselves essentially to the figure of Jesus and his teaching . |
| 8 | Successful candidates were those who were good at selling themselves personally to the voters . |
| 9 | Distributors and retailers selling " own brand " goods can be liable if they can be said to be holding themselves out to be the producer . |
| 10 | " Returnees " were told that they would be well treated on giving themselves up to the local authorities . |
| 11 | Later on this might have led to complaints about the possibility of corruption ; at the time it was simply seen as evidence that politicians were committing themselves fully to their work . |
| 12 | Instead they fought the corner for multi-racial sport by taking themselves off to Zwide , a township near Port Elizabeth ( see pages 38 and 39 ) , where they held a coaching clinic for black and coloured youngsters . |
| 13 | And here too , are ten Munros , lending themselves admirably to a complete traverse from end to end in one of the finest of all mountain expeditions but one needing the expertise of experience . |
| 14 | Labour MPs are now , of course , thrashing through the business of submitting themselves winsomely to their local parties . |
| 15 | He was half turned towards her , and Maria saw him lift a hand and watched it move towards her , coming to rest against her bare midriff , warm fingers shaping themselves lightly to its gentle curve . |
| 16 | Ricky Ross from Deacon Blue talks about not wanting to seduce the audience : ‘ I do n't like the idea of people throwing themselves over to our music … abandonment is a great idea but it worries me because it 's all so power-orientated . ’ |
| 17 | For Vitor , women offering themselves up to him must be an occupational hazard ; so did he regard her as yet one more race-track groupie ? |