Example sentences of "put themselves out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People protect their own territories and are reluctant to put themselves out for other departments striving hard to provide a good service . |
| 2 | But I mean I say , that 's not the fault of the people who work there , there not going to put themselves out of work . |
| 3 | If executives really understand business and the motivational challenge of making profit , the last thing they will want to do is put themselves out to grass , write papers for learned journals and theorize on aspects of business they 've previously failed to put into practice . |
| 4 | A lot of people round here have put themselves out for me . |
| 5 | This , to his great astonishment , caused a considerable disturbance ; and when he inquired what the people meant by putting themselves out over a black man , an Englishman who was passing answered : ‘ Well , perhaps you do n't know it , but you have just thrown one of Her Majesty 's judges out of the train . ’ ’ |
| 6 | wo n't put themselves out for the firm and it 's , it 's you know |
| 7 | Oxfam 's greatest wish on their fiftieth anniversary is that they can put themselves out of a job.But in the meantime they believe the problems of the third world can only be solved when the developed world understands . |
| 8 | She came to Salzburg to the festival but refused to let anyone put themselves out for her ; I was enormously impressed by how kind and unassuming she was . |