Example sentences of "themselves for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LINFIELD fans should prepare themselves for a bout of double vision at Windsor Park next week . |
| 2 | The Smiths were priming themselves for a spell in the top five . |
| 3 | They talked quietly amongst themselves for a while of inconsequential things , content to watch the fire and feel the tiredness in their muscles ; then rolled themselves in their cloaks and slept . |
| 4 | Two laboratory studies which attempted to assess the effects of real-life stresses on dreams used patients either awaiting major surgery or undergoing group therapy , in which they had to prepare themselves for a session devoted entirely to their own problems . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | In the previous section we have seen how public figures often write about themselves for a variety of reasons — one of which could just be straight-forward self-centredness . |
| 7 | But the Conservatives are bracing themselves for a map of somewhat different complexion on Friday morning , if the opinion polls ’ verdicts prove true , with most of the changes wrought by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 8 | A lot of people say that cavers are mad , that they cause a lot of trouble getting themselves stuck , and that they would n't do it themselves for a gold onion . |
| 9 | Tulip Computers NV is scheduled to announce 1992 figures tomorrow , and Amsterdam analysts are bracing themselves for a flood of red ink . |
| 10 | COUNSELLORS are bracing themselves for a flood of inquiries when a TV drama is screened exposing a child migration scheme which shamed Britain . |
| 11 | LIVERPOOL prepared themselves for a backlash from Crystal Palace tonight after their weekend walkover . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , the three pioneers are readying themselves for a surge of interest : Marcos has appointed its Coventry engine supplier , JE Engineering , as its first distributor , Westfield is looking at a trio of dealers and Caterham plans to appoint half a dozen Rover distributors as service agents for the K-series engine that will power its first ‘ turn-key ’ car . |
| 13 | GREAT Portland Estates boss Richard Peskin is warning shareholders to brace themselves for a dividend cut next year . |
| 14 | Roman Wyatt was way out of her league ; he was a high-powered business tycoon with beautiful women falling over themselves for a glance from his magnificent eyes . |
| 15 | On the livestock side Stuart Ashworth warned that beef producers should brace themselves for a cut in the Beef Special Premium ‘ the base for Scotland is 244,000 male animals but there will be at least 300,000 head this year so we can anticipate a cut of somewhere in the region of 20-25 per cent in BSP payments . |
| 16 | They are trying to prepare themselves for a flight to the North Pole . |
| 17 | Young demobbed men are restless for a fight ; women sell themselves for a cigarette . |
| 18 | Those radicals ( among whom Gaitskell was , oddly , not numbered ) who wanted to abolish the public schools , or amalgamate them somehow into the maintained system , persuaded themselves for a time that if this were done , and if everyone had a chance to take the 11 + and compete for a place at a grammar school , then justice would have been done and educational standards would be secure . |
| 19 | They admire themselves for a time . |
| 20 | All of them were sitting forward in their seats , as if bracing themselves for a collision . |
| 21 | BRAZIL 's hospitals are bracing themselves for an epidemic of dengue , an acutely infectious disease caused by a virus . |
| 22 | Except when prevented by medical reasons or other sufficient cause , candidates who fail to present themselves for an examination , or to submit cumulative or other forms of assessment work by the due date , shall be deemed by the board of examiners to have failed in that examination or assessment . |