Example sentences of "were [verb] themselves for " in BNC.
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| 1 | while country areas were bracing themselves for the influx of tragic refugees or louse-infested slave labour , depending on the children 's luck . |
| 2 | WHILE Harlequins were yesterday contemplating the Mystery of the Missing Lock , Leicester , the club they beat in Saturday 's Pilkington Cup semi-finals , were gearing themselves for another wearing match tonight . |
| 3 | She had stayed there , always conscious that she was preparing herself for an existence of unutterable boredom , and was one of an enormous number of women who were training themselves for an ‘ if I do n't marry ’ life . |
| 4 | At the Taj , Indian families were grouping themselves for the professional photographers who swarmed over the central platform . |
| 5 | Seventhly , if the German states were to express themselves for initiating movement toward German unity , would they be ready to take into consideration the interests of other European states and to seek , on a mutually acceptable collective basis , answers to all questions and problems that might arise in that regard ? |
| 6 | At the start of the year , several firms were steeling themselves for the tough , face-losing decision to pull out of some markets — or out of the securities business altogether . |
| 7 | They had demolished Leeds in such a pyschologically damaging fashion on Saturday at Maine Road that Howard Wilkinson 's side were steeling themselves for disappointment . |
| 8 | At the top of the stairs , somewhere beyond a short , misty journey , Jeopardy led Lucien into a room where a handful of musicians were preparing themselves for the coming performance . |
| 9 | The Smiths were priming themselves for a spell in the top five . |
| 10 | All over London the bolts on pub doors were tensing themselves for their daily bid for freedom . |