Example sentences of "[vb past] themselves lucky " in BNC.
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1 | We were preparing television programmes on laboratory work when most teachers counted themselves lucky if there was any chalk available . |
2 | When Kent played Surrey in 1890 a fine spread was laid on for the gentlemen but the professionals ‘ were left to shift for themselves , and thought themselves lucky to get a bit of bread and cheese ’ . |
3 | Yet was not this how most of the world lived , and thought themselves lucky to do so ? — once survival was accomplished the struggle for ordinariness began . |
4 | Naturally , most of the staff in the camp considered themselves lucky to have been posted here and dreaded the idea of a move , which created the feeling of being on the sidelines . |
5 | Royal dock-yard workers considered themselves lucky if their pay was only a year in arrears . |