Example sentences of "themselves [coord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ones who do object , and with reason , are those whose land has been trampled over without care , whose stock have got loose because gates have been left open or walls broken down , or whose sheep have cut themselves or choked to death on the bottles and plastic bags thrown away by the Wandering Wallies of this world that have as much common sense and appreciation of the countryside as a toad has feathers . |
| 2 | They can not police the place for themselves or teach for themselves , yet 400 teachers face redundancy this year . |
| 3 | Children needing extra help have a conductor either to themselves or shared between two . |
| 4 | Some people like to bury their pet wrapped in its blanket , others prefer to use a simple casket which they make themselves or buy from a local undertakers . |
| 5 | This applies particularly to the most recent one-day course , which included a contribution from Philip Waterhouse ( coordinator of the Self-supported Study Project ) and some workshops run by teacher-members of the Inservice Panel and employing staff-development materials either developed by themselves or derived from elsewhere . |
| 6 | Most of the class were happy to write out the 24 ways for themselves or start on five buttons . |
| 7 | He did not have the military power to offer protection to Englishmen overseas ; if the Spanish from the south were to attack English colonies , they would have to defend themselves or rely on English diplomacy , because Charles could send neither ships nor troops across the Atlantic for help . |
| 8 | However did people manage to discipline themselves and stick to a single line for long enough to gain control , to come out on top , to become the boss instead of the employee ? |
| 9 | But how you can expect people to become more sociable by just being , you know , shut behind closed walls , and and not having to actually , fend for themselves and cope with life outside prison walls . |
| 10 | The whole episode illustrates the problems facing businesses caused by over-extending themselves and living beyond their means — there was little substance to the so-called boom of the 80s and we are paying for it today . |
| 11 | IN DARLINGTON there is a move to get people thinking for themselves and acting on the idea instead of allowing others to think for them . |
| 12 | They crossed themselves and prayed for him . |
| 13 | It has to be experienced through people being able to be honest with themselves and reaching towards integrity . |
| 14 | Such a choice is made on the basis of how individuals see themselves and wish to be seen by others , and it is possible to conceptualise a characteristic or typical ‘ moral housing career ’ . |
| 15 | A correction of this distorted male-oriented perspective involves going back to women themselves and looking through their eyes at the occupation of housewife . |
| 16 | Now that we do live much longer with better health care generally , what we want is for women to be able to live that last third of their lives in health and being able to enjoy themselves and contribute to the community , not feeling that they 're crippled by pain . |
| 17 | If we 've come to guard and received forgiveness of sins , if we have become good followers of Jesus Christ and we are not amazed then there 's something wrong with what we 've received that god should so love , not just the world , but should so love me , that he gave his son to die for me and that was the sort of er discovery that these four lepers made they 've come down there , they 've found that the sight before them was amazing , there was no enemy there , the enemy had disappeared and the tents with all their contents were there before them , they were amazed with what they found and you and I when we come to god through Jesus Christ , we are amazed at what we find , we find forgiveness , we find the restoration of a relationship between ourselves and god , we find an access to receive god 's blessing to receive his favour , to receive his gifts that he has for us , no wonder the apostle Paul cries out thanks beyond to god for his unspeakable gift , but then again these four men they were not just amazed that what they found , they were , they got absorbed in what they got , because they got a lot more than they bargained for , they possibly in their wildest dreams thought they might at least get , get what the cook was throwing out , they might get to , to the dustbins , they might get what was left over , that would of been great , they were dying of starvation , the driest mouldiest crust would of been like , like a banquet to them , but they got so much more than they anticipated and they got absorbed in it , every thing was there 's for the taking as they pulled back the , the flap of the tent as they go in and they see the tables laid out there , they see the food and the drink , they see the plenty , these men who for weeks have known terrible poverty , there might of been a time earlier on in the siege when a few scraps got thrown over the city wall , when the bins were put out the side of the city of an evening , er they would go there and forage amongst them , but all that had stopped long since and it was only the bits and pieces that they managed to forage for themselves and get for themselves that they 'd been eating of late , but here every thing is there for the taking , they rubbed their eyes , they pinched one another to make sure their not dreaming , it really is food and drink in a , in an abundance they could n't of thought of a few mo hours earlier one moment they had nothing , the next they 've got every thing , what was it they needed , food , the tables would of been laden with it , it was the food , enough food for an army and there 's only four of them , did they , were they thirsty , here was drink , here was wine and , and drink in abundance the rags , the tatters they were dressed in , there were garments and wardrobe full of clothes here for them , did they need money , well the tents were full of the gold and the silver and , and , and valuables , there were a sufficiency , every thing was there you know the idea that the Christian life is drab and poor is such a terrible false hood , its an iniquitous lie of the devil , the tragedy is that we have actually often made it that way , we have made the Christian faith something drab , something boring , something for old folk er and er you know , people who are , who are , just wanting a crutch because their coming to the end of their natural life and we 've made it something drab and dull listen to what the apostle Paul says when he 's writing to Carinthian 's in his second letter in chapter eight , he says you know the grace of our lord Jesus Christ , that though he was rich for your sakes he became poor , so that you through his poverty might be rich , god , he 's purpose follows his people , he 's not that we 've a drab , grey , dull uninteresting life , Jesus said I 've come that you might of life , and that more abundant , that in all its fullness and god has purpose for us , and when Paul is talking about riches there , he 's not talking about pounds and pence , he 's talking about the richness of the life that we enjoy its not a case of not doing this and having to do that the other thing , its a case of enjoying life as god purposes it , as god intends it you know if you do n't enjoy your Christian life now , let me tell you your in for a rude awakening when you get to heaven , because the quality of life is not gon na change the only things that 'll change is its la it , it will , it will be in his presence , the quality of life will not change because already now we have received eternal life , he has given his life to us and he has n't got some other special , you know , super duper life laid up , there 's nothing , there 's nothing greater ahead , god has n't got any thing greater for us than what he 's already given to us in embryonic form here and now why if we take on er a , a , a dazzling scintillating new zest and zap when you get to heaven , that life is already given to you and to me know go back to these four men at the moment , they had never known any thing like this before this was better than all their birthdays rolled into one , this was the greatest day in their experience and if they would live to be a hundred they would never know another day like this , they were having a tremendous time , it said they , they , they , they went into one tent , listen to what they did , they went into one tent and they , they ate , they drank , they had a party and they carried from there the silver , the gold and the clothes and they went and hid they returned and entered another tent and then they did the same there , they were having a tremendous time , this was a beano to end all beano 's , this was the greatest day in their life , they were having a wonderful time and why should n't they , why not you know there are folk who would , who 'd want to make us as Christians er and er , ee , put us into a straight jacket the bible tells me even the sunsets free , is free indeed and I do n't see any suggestions as I read the New Testament , that first of all the life of Jesus was drab and uninteresting , or that he expects me as his follow to lead a drab , a grey life , oh its not always gon na be a ple an easy life but that does n't reduce the , the zest and the excitement in it but you see the danger is when having a good time is the reason for living and the only reason for it , you see , if god has intervened in our life , if the message of the gospel is true , if god in Christ has taken away your sin and made you in Christ a new creation then you have every reason to enjoy life , in a sense your only able to start enjoying life now , you may have enjoyed some of the things that , that folks suggest that make up life , but they 've finished , there gone , what happens when the , when , when the wine has run out , what happens when the parties over , you know all about it the next day , do n't you , what happens then , its such short lived , its only worth having whilst its coming to you all the time , but that 's not so with a Christian life , because it doe , depend on just the things that we have or the experiences that we go through , because it is something that , that we have within , it is , it is a quality of life that we possess , because we possess the one who is life himself , listen to what Paul says when he 's writing to Timothy in his first letter in chapter six it is command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant or to put their hope in wealth , those who think that , that er in having possessions that is the secret of life or , or in having a good time and , and , and the rest of it that is what life is all about , he said warn them not to do that , because that is so uncertain , he says but to put their hope in god who richly provides us with every thing what for , for our enjoyment , why has god given us these things , why is , why is god even , he is natural creation there for us , it is for our enjoyment , its not to make us miserable or to make us grey and drab and burden by it , it is for us to enjoy , when god created Ada Adam and Eve and put them in the garden , the , they were told to enjoy it , even the fruit enjoy it , its there for your benefit and then the new creation , every thing that god has provided is there for our enjoyment , but the dangers is when that enjoyment , is the reason for living and that 's all we do it for and were so taking up with ourselves , I am gon na have my good time , I 'm gon na enjoy myself as a Christian and I can do it and you can do it , you become insular and we become introverted and the only thing that matters is me having a good time , my world centres around me and me enjoying myself and me having this and me having that , this blessing and that gift and that other blessing , we become self centred and taken up with our own good times , as long as I can be there in the centre , as long as I can go from , from , from this celebration to that celebration , as long as I can go from this er festival to that festival to this special meeting to that one , I 'm gon na have my good time well that was what these fella 's were doing , they were going from tent to tent , from celebration to celebration having a great time and then the truth hit them they were ashamed with what they had done , they said to one another we are not doing right , this days a day of good news , but we are keeping silent , if we wait until morning light punishment will overtake us , now therefore , come , let us go and tell the kings household how guilty are we , how guilty are you , how guilty am I of the sinner silence , remember how we started , its not always the things that we do its often the things that we do n't do , how guilty are we of the sin of silence these men had known nothing , known poverty and , and , and , and starvation , they were amazed at what they 'd found , they 'd became absorbed in what they had got and now they 'd became ashamed of what they had done with it what was the sin that troubled these men they said we are keeping silent . |
| 18 | I think that the mass of the people , as far as I can see , want the state where they can er well economic climate in which they can make money for themselves and get on top . |
| 19 | Like their wives , they want to express more of themselves and get in touch with the caring and home-making aspects of their personalities . |
| 20 | It is true that the Anglo-Norman aristocracy spoke French among themselves and wrote to each other in that language , long after they came to regard themselves as Englishmen . |
| 21 | All over the world individuals are asserting themselves and refusing to be codified , or grouped or collectivized . |
| 22 | The soldiers that stand guard beside the entrances to the colonies and rush to defend any breach in the walls , are armed with jaws so huge that they can no longer gather food for themselves and have to be fed by the workers . |
| 23 | Sometimes these are such dedicated fighting machines , especially in their huge jaws ( in the case of ants , but " gunturrets " for chemical warfare in the case of termites ) , that they are incapable of feeding themselves and have to be fed by non-soldier workers . |
| 24 | Mistakes of that sort apart , it would seem that , as had always been the case , some sort of checking system was needed to give lenders the required degree of confidence to carry on , and that the more thorough and ‘ scientific ’ it was the better for both borrower and lender , the more effectively it reduced the incidence of overindebtedness , and saved borrowers from overstretching themselves and indulging in mad bouts of impulsive buying . |
| 25 | Tonight 's Jeeves and Wooster has Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie playing the ingenious manservant and dimwitted aristocrat moving in the smart set of the 1930s , enjoying themselves and going to lots of wonderful parties . |
| 26 | 6.45PM I hear on the radio that business owners in nearby Koreatown , one of the areas hardest hit , have armed themselves and taken to the roofs . |
| 27 | For a housegroup to be a safe place in which people can be themselves and grow to maturity takes a particular kind of enabling leadership . |
| 28 | It enables them to avoid committing themselves and to retreat in front of danger ; and this is one of the major reasons why people speak indirectly . |
| 29 | erm unfortunately , it might sound extremely erm severe , but I can think of a number of people I 've met in my experience as a pastor who really and frankly could not help themselves and need to be treated almost like children again and made to receive help , and there are quite number of those sort of characters , unfortunately , on the streets of Oxford . |
| 30 | Education is a good in its own right , something which men desire because they are men , and which they will therefore spend their effort and their riches to procure for themselves and to bestow upon others . |