Example sentences of "themselves [prep] [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly when a pare of men went underground formerly , they made it a rule , to sleep out a candle , before they set about their work ; that is if their place of work was dry , they would lay themselves down and sleep , as long as a whole candle would continue burning ; and then rise up and work for two or three hours pretty briskly ; after that have a touch pipe , that is rest themselves for half an hour to smoke a pipe of tobacco , and so play and sleep away half their working time : but mining being more expensive than it formerly was , those idle customs are superseded by more labour and industry . |
| 2 | That to be honest is , is somebody who 's like , been doing this for ten years and has already got themselves like half a million pounds of worth of equity . |
| 3 | He had never seen Englishmen get themselves into such a state before ; they looked more like untouchables . |
| 4 | The audience were slower to laugh themselves into such a roaring mirth . |
| 5 | Even given the expenditure that the Government have devoted to the public sector , there can not be many Ministers who find themselves in such a favourable position . |
| 6 | It is rather sad that due to the subsequent rather narrow defeat of the motion that we find that such a large complement of Northern Labour MPs absented themselves from such a vital environmental vote due to prior engagements and by doing so thus failed to support their Labour colleague Kevin McNamara , the sponsor of the Bill , and failed to contribute to ending once and forever this sickening , depraved social pastime . |
| 7 | Besides , Mr. Williams , who would waste themselves on such a miserable wretch ? |
| 8 | It is probably fair to say that very few hotels in all of Italy can pride themselves on such an enviable position as the Hotel Italia . |
| 9 | The defining of duties and responsibilities is not impossible , but I ca n't see local authorities committing themselves to such a survey now . |
| 10 | The people taking part commit themselves to half an hour of scripture based prayer each day and a half hour meeting with a ‘ Prayer Guide ’ each evening when they receive personal guidance . |
| 11 | Units which sought to establish themselves outside such a plan would not only not receive public money ; they would also not qualify for any other public benefits . |
| 12 | What , anyway , makes British rugby players plan to price themselves at such a princely paypacket ? |
| 13 | What , anyway , makes British rugby players plan to price themselves at such a princely paypacket ? |