Example sentences of "[pn reflx] by [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He was n't available , so we then covered ourselves by signing him before the January deadline with a view to playing him when he became available . ’
2 In some cases trustees may relieve themselves by transferring it into the control of the court .
3 How haughty it would seem to refuse the aid of a Brother … so that others must inconvenience themselves by fishing him from the void .
4 People , he argued , evaluate themselves by viewing themselves through the eyes of others .
5 There 's nothing really daring about their show , no gambles , unless you amuse yourself by guessing which of the three vocalists will leave the stage next .
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