Example sentences of "who [verb] themselves in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has turned into the longest slump since the 1930s because real interest rates have remained punitively high , squeezing millions of home-owners who over-reached themselves in the housing boom . |
| 2 | Since previous to the revolution the majority of women had very low levels of education and , therefore , few opportunities open to them , the FMC embarked on an educational program and a rehabilitation scheme for the many women who found themselves in degrading and unrewarding situations . |
| 3 | Yet another court case would loom from this situation although , for once , it was The Smiths who found themselves in the receiving end . |
| 4 | Hiram Powers is not only a major monograph on one of America 's most significant artists of the nineteenth century , but also a catalogue of more than 200 portraits of members of international society who found themselves in Florence from the 1840s until the 1860s . |
| 5 | I do not believe that the Harrier pilots who found themselves in the Royal Naval Reserve will have the opportunity to fly either , but it is certainly useful to have them in the reserve should they be needed . |
| 6 | There was no additional help for students who found themselves in trouble in the summer . |
| 7 | THERE was a testing time in store for members of THORP 's Chemical Separation Process team who found themselves in hot water recently . |
| 8 | But it was n't just the disc dodgers who found themselves in trouble . |
| 9 | One of the problems with the streamed situation was that those pupils who found themselves in the bottom streams , who found that they were perhaps not regarded so highly , or so positively by their teachers , tended to respond with misbehaviour in their classes with occasionally vandalism around the school and a generally a negative attitude towards the school and their teachers in general . |
| 10 | One of the problems with the stream situation was that those pupils who found themselves in the bottom streams , who found that they were perhaps not regarded so highly or so positively by their teachers , tended to respond with misbehaviour in their classes , with occasionally vandalism around the school and generally a negative attitude towards the school and their teachers in general , and the immediate effect of the mixed ability grouping was to eradicate behavioural problems of that kind almost entirely . |
| 11 | The membership of SDS grew rapidly from about 4000 in 1965 to some 100,000 three years later , and throughout this period it had much larger numbers of supporters who identified themselves in some way with ‘ the Movement ’ . |
| 12 | It is against such a background of fervent articulate piety in Europe , always presenting the Church with the challenge of potential heresy , and occasionally erupting into mass movements like the hysterically fervent white-robed flagellants who lashed themselves in hysterical penitential preparation for the Second Coming , that the English situation in the fourteenth century has to be seen . |
| 13 | The careful and precise manner in which these financial arrangements were laid down suggests that many who served saw the war as essentially a business enterprise holding out the promise of substantial rewards for those who were fortunate or who distinguished themselves in the field . |
| 14 | Among the religious who distinguished themselves in combat was the abbot of Battle — that ‘ outstanding warrior in monk 's habit ’ , as one chronicler described him — who twice , in 1376 and 1377 , defended the town of Winchelsea from French raiders . |
| 15 | The police response to Black women and racist attacks is determined by the same factors which affect their response to racist attacks generally : Failure to recognise racial violence/attacks as such and to act accordingly ; delays in their response to a call for help from victims of racial violence ; refusal to recognise the seriousness of a racist attack , and if arrests are made , only the minimum of charges are imposed ; avoiding responsibility for dealing with cases involving racist attacks — by advising victims to pursue civil action through the courts ; the subjecting of those who are victims of racial violence to further racial abuse ; the criminalisation of victims of racist attacks e.g. in Bradford , Newham and only recently two cases from Hounslow one involving 5 boys from Lampton School who defended themselves in a racial attack and were arrested and charged by the police . |
| 16 | Of the forty eight-people in prisons who killed themselves in 1989 , 40 per cent had a history of previous mental disorder . |
| 17 | At first the embroidery was sold Privately , but then Miss Phelps found agents in London , Robert and Frank Wilkinson , who established themselves in Madeira in 1862 , by which time over 1,000 women were employed in the industry . |
| 18 | Any members who find themselves in the Adelaide area can be assured of a warm welcome there . |
| 19 | For those who find themselves in that category , something extra is now needed , some adventitious stroke of fortune , something to upset the terms of the argument and create a world no longer dominated by a leader of proven unpopularity . |
| 20 | Perhaps almost by definition , travel , like philosophy , is for those who find themselves in some sense displaced . |
| 21 | As getting tiny clothes was a problem for us I 've decided to put together a pre-term pack to loan out to NCT members who find themselves in need of them . |
| 22 | An interest-free loan fund is also available to students who find themselves in unforeseen financial difficulty . |
| 23 | An interest-free loan fund is also available to students who find themselves in unforeseen financial difficulty . |
| 24 | There are many different reasons for being alone and equally different needs to be considered for the people who find themselves in this position . |
| 25 | However the situation is potentially lethal to fish , who find themselves in a similar situation to those human divers experiencing the bends ! |
| 26 | Teachers who find themselves in this position are of course free in principle to leave . |
| 27 | Hospitals provide emergency ‘ asylum ’ care for vulnerable people who find themselves in a personal emotional crisis and need to escape from a distressing family situation . |
| 28 | Most ‘ carers ’ simply happen to be those nearest relatives who find themselves in an unwanted , unsought and very stressful situation . |
| 29 | We are currently considering these issues and expect to offer advice and guidance to actuaries who find themselves in these circumstances which can often prove difficult for a professional advisor . |
| 30 | Will the Minister explain what he is going to say to the people of the Holloway area who find themselves in the unenviable position of having the jobcentre with the largest gap between the number of vacancies and the number of registered unemployed ? |