Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] themselves [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ministers are known to be bracing themselves for a series of defeats . |
| 2 | Sweden and Costa Rica must already be bracing themselves for a high tide . |
| 3 | Should business leaders be bracing themselves for a wave of intervention now that the Department of Trade & Industry is in the hands of Michael Heseltine ? |
| 4 | The doctors seemed to be availing themselves of my immobility . |
| 5 | By far the largest concentration is found at Chichester gravel pits , and the only other area at which more than 100 birds have occurred annually is Weir Wood Reservoir ; similar flocks seem now to be establishing themselves at Darwell Reservoir and Rye Harbour gravel pits . |
| 6 | Were members to pass it as it stood , this would be an arrogant move indeed : they would be considering themselves to be more sensible than people outside . |
| 7 | When you 're bottom , a point never goes amiss — but United will be kicking themselves for not taking all 3 in London last night , after throwing away a 2 goal lead . |
| 8 | Distillery played with great spirit but Crusaders must be kicking themselves for the chances they threw away . |
| 9 | City will be kicking themselves for allowing Cranfield to get back into the game , but the visitors must be given credit for a spirited second half performance . |
| 10 | There are 10 very lucky readers who could be treating themselves to a hot , refreshing shower every morning . |
| 11 | Or will the Chief Secretary and his friends be sunning themselves in some tax haven by that time ? |
| 12 | It says they should be comparing themselves with other UK scientists , and not with Europe . |
| 13 | Ryzhkov made no mention of a referendum in his address on May 24 , however , and subsequently officials appeared to be distancing themselves from the idea . |
| 14 | Bisexual women ( who have sex with both women and men ) may be putting themselves at risk if they have unsafe sex with male partners . |
| 15 | If they did not know all of his plans , they would be placing themselves in great danger . |
| 16 | Only now his charges seemed to be settling themselves into occupation , having forgotten the urgent purpose of their return to London . |
| 17 | SHAREHOLDERS in Pacific Horizon Investment must be congratulating themselves on their decision last August to switch the trust 's investment management from Jupiter Tyndall to Edinburgh 's Baillie Gifford , after news yesterday of a 38.8 per cent leap in net asset value per share at halfway , writes George Duthie . |