Example sentences of "themselves [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local authority must therefore prove ( 1 ) that notice in accordance with section 10(1) was served on the person having control of the house to execute works , ( 2 ) that he failed within the time specified to execute them , ( 3 ) that the local authority have themselves carried out the works specified in the notice and ( 4 ) that they have incurred expenses in so doing . |
| 2 | Chalk greeted them and supplied them with beer but , as they drank , they found themselves looking down the barrels of a dozen pistols ! |
| 3 | Clearly it will be most helpful to us if the responsible people for the teaching of a course themselves fill in the details . |
| 4 | If the investors do not themselves take out the keyman insurance cover but instead Newco does so and assigns the benefit of the policy to the investors , then Newco will not , in general , obtain a deduction from tax liability for the premiums paid because they will not have been " wholly and exclusively " incurred for the purposes of its trade . |
| 5 | They wrapped old sacks round themselves to keep out the cold . |
| 6 | When the kelp industry collapsed , the landlords , who had themselves set up the crofts in the first place , tried actively to get rid of them . |
| 7 | The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes . |
| 8 | And er really er they themselves thought exactly the same like , but they were talking about other people telling them you know that they could n't get this far but they did . |
| 9 | What impressed them most was that ActionAid works with the people themselves to decide how the money should be used to help the whole community . |
| 10 | Those who could not feed themselves had only the option of closing their mouths against the intruding spoon . |