Example sentences of "[v-ing] themselves the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Royal ’ arrest An Australian farmer and his wife who declared their Queensland farm an independent country , calling themselves the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough , have been arrested for defying a court order to hand over the property to receivers . |
| 2 | The zebra was released by people calling themselves the Animal Liberation Front |
| 3 | They developed a sort of regimental spirit about it , and started calling themselves the Firm . |
| 4 | Armed men calling themselves the Death Commandos took some two dozen Supreme Court judges and others hostage in San Jose , the capital of Costa Rica . |
| 5 | Similarly , he feels that by offering it as a no-cost option , the company invalidates the criticism that users will tie themselves into a non-standard technology : since V.32terbo is downwardly compatible with V.32bis , he points out that users are not losing anything by giving themselves the option of faster transmission with V.32terbo . |
| 6 | Many black teachers hardly fare better at the hands of their white colleagues , often finding themselves the butt of racist jokes , hostile remarks and isolation in the staff room . |
| 7 | The more important members of the household were given the crisp , tasty top halves — earning themselves the name ‘ upper crust ’ . |