Example sentences of "done themselves " in BNC.

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1 Reid insisted that his team had done themselves a favour in their quest to make a late run for Europe and that any favours done for neighbouring causes were only coincidence .
2 Anxiety affects communicating as people going for an interview know only too well ; interviewees may come away feeling annoyed that their ability to respond fluently has been impaired and they have not done themselves justice .
3 ‘ I do feel that financial managers have done themselves a disservice by just giving the numbers — you have to stop , take the managers through them and be an integral part of the operation . ’
4 Indeed , I believe that those who insist on scaremongering have done themselves and the NHS no good by concentrating on the privatisation scare . ’
5 The gods of the Caesars had done themselves proud .
6 Peter joking apart have the tories done themselves any good this week ?
7 I think Shrewsbury have done very very well , they conceded a goal very early on in the game and they could have gone to pieces but they gathered themselves together , got back in the game with a goal from and they 've done themselves proud so far .
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