Example sentences of "and [verb] themselves for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For now , the Strongs wil just have to wait and prepare themselves for the next weekend that Purcell comes home . |
| 2 | They parked the vehicles and camouflaged themselves for the night , before settling down to cook . |
| 3 | There was also alarm about the practice of " occasional conformity " ( whereby Nonconformists were able to evade the provisions of the Test and Corporation Acts and qualify themselves for civil office through the occasional attendance at Anglican communion ) and the growth of Dissenting academies ( which trained future generations of Nonconformist ministers and thus helped to perpetuate the religious schism ) . |
| 4 | But they did learn to be less worried about it , and to accept themselves for what they were , with their mutual hang-ups , weaknesses and strengths . |
| 5 | The long line of leading Conservatives on the platform fixed their faces into expressions of interested concern , and prepared themselves for what could only turn out to be a surfeit of oratory . |
| 6 | Doubtless while our noble lords and masters stand back and applaud themselves for winning yet another battle . ’ |
| 7 | They held their line and competed hard in midfield , damping down Oldham 's initial verve and preparing themselves for more of the same in the second half . |
| 8 | SEA-LION pups seem safe as they lounge on a Patagonian beach , slowly building their strength and preparing themselves for their departure into the sea . |
| 9 | In terms of er political views , or even those who have no political views , of ethnic make-up and everything of this kind and yet now it seems that at a time when our police forces above all , need to move into the present day and prepare themselves for the challenges of the crime and the criminals at the end of this century and into the next century , we seem to have some misgivings about giving the Home Secretary the powers which are placed in this Bill . |
| 10 | Those who were too shy or too inexperienced to pray on those occasions would meet together on a Saturday night to read , to pray and to prepare themselves for the following Sabbath day . |