Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In several towns rioting broke out , rioting for peace , and Nazis found themselves the victims of the kind of abuse and maltreatment they normally handed out to others . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ For the second year running Cleveland Schools will be denying themselves the services of two exceptionally good athletes and denying the lads the chance of taking part in the English Schools Championships . |
| 3 | At last he saw that , if he was ever to eliminate his old habits , then he must refuse to do anything at all until he had given himself the directions . |
| 4 | Without an art school training , Romanowski , now in his late 20s , has taught himself the methods of the masters through reproductions in books and paintings hanging on gallery walls . |
| 5 | He still granted himself the licences of old age — even if he was n't entitled . |
| 6 | Sometimes she told herself the postcards , or exercise book scrawls , were messages to Daniel , but one should never , she considered , ignore surface meanings in favour of implications and the damned things were addressed to her , to Frederica . |
| 7 | Then she and Jack placed the woman in the care of the duty staff and wandered down to the staff lounge to pour themselves the dregs of the coffee . |
| 8 | In saving themselves the Bravoes had saved George as well although only from the consequences not the horror . |
| 9 | He returned to the window table and poured himself the dregs of the sherry . |
| 10 | People have got to be involved in solving themselves the problems themselves . |
| 11 | Basically there are two academics in this country who consider themselves the countries expert in the singular on Corpus building and they are at different ends of the spectrum . |
| 12 | However , I do feel that girls like Alison need long-term professional therapy , not just drugs and brief hospitalisation , to help them learn to ‘ feed ’ themselves — give themselves the things they need , such as food or privacy or rest and relaxation — without feeling guilty , and to recognise what these hungers and desires are . |
| 13 | Phillips had , he said , taught himself the principles of chemistry solely to enable him to detect adulteration . |
| 14 | Jacobs ' folly had been to play ‘ Ca n't Happen Here ’ ‘ by a group of American male singers calling themselves the Mothers of Invention ’ on BBC TV 's Juke Box Jury , adding that the record had been made on a ‘ trip ’ . |
| 15 | As in the NUM strike of 1984 , the women have been the backbone of this struggle : dressed in camouflage and calling themselves the Daughters of Mother Jones , after the legendary union organiser from the turn of the century , they have walked the picket lines , sat in front of coal trucks , and been arrested . |
| 16 | I tell myself the things you 'd like to do to me |
| 17 | From the outset however they set themselves the objectives , not only producing a comprehensive study of land ownership in the region which would be of use to local groups and also capable of influencing regional and National land policy , but equally importantly , of reaching these goals through a very specific manner of research . |
| 18 | Taff continued talking in his very strong Welsh accent as he inspected the Bren , asking questions and giving himself the answers before I could get a word in . |
| 19 | Or had been , she mentally corrected herself The tapes represented proof of his involvement in the theft of the letters and , by inference , in Beatrix 's murder . |
| 20 | Asking yourself the questions Alison suggests can help you to put your own situation into perspective . |
| 21 | They called themselves the Wood-Winters . |
| 22 | They called themselves the Rejects , and they were very picky about social status . |
| 23 | The first dance band at the Show Room was made up of people in the dale and they called themselves the Arcadians . |
| 24 | They have found themselves the targets of death threats and kidnappings as a result . |
| 25 | Spartak have proved themselves the masters of away goals and just one tonight will seriously jeopardise Liverpool 's hopes . |
| 26 | Spartak have proved themselves the masters of scoring away goals and just one strike tonight will seriously jeopardise Liverpool 's hopes of reaching the quarter-finals . |
| 27 | Now the tourists find themselves the underdogs with Will Carling expected to lead England to their third win in the sides ' 10th meeting . |
| 28 | With ‘ Slack ’ , the band 's second indie release , nestling freshly in the racks , Bivouac find themselves the objects of slavering major label attention on both sides of the Atlantic . |
| 29 | We decided to call ourselves the Friends of John McCarthy because that 's what we were . |
| 30 | He asked for and was sent Sketches of Anatomy for Artists ' Use , and struggled to teach himself the complexities of bones and muscles by endless copying . |