Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] themselves for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GREAT Portland Estates boss Richard Peskin is warning shareholders to brace themselves for a dividend cut next year . |
| 2 | The need to prepare schools and help to help schools prepare themselves for the erm review of the national curriculum the changes that they will have to deal with and in particular I think , erm to help secondary schools to come to terms with changes in key stage four and the likely erm opportunities there will be for a more diverse curriculum including eventually er the opportunities for more vocational programmes in schools and to assist schools |
| 3 | ‘ It is vital that companies prepare themselves for the new Europe and this initiative will help firms in the south . |
| 4 | We talked a little more , while Terry and Tom prepared themselves for the inevitable angry reaction from the guards and Brian lay down under an extra blanket as his body came to terms with the shock of the beating . |
| 5 | Romanian troops braced themselves for a Soviet invasion . |
| 6 | [ PAMELA and BELVILLE dress themselves for the Masquerade ; PAMELA as a Puritan girl and BELVILLE as a Spanish nobleman . |
| 7 | LIVERPOOL prepared themselves for a backlash from Crystal Palace tonight after their weekend walkover . |
| 8 | what is it about cup ties … why do teams lift themselves for the big game … why ca n't they play like this every week … if they did they ; d be top of the league … |
| 9 | The return of the Emperor to France and the subsequent declaration of war had been good for Harper 's trade ; a good hunter stolen from a Protestant plantation in Ireland would fetch a prime price in England where so many officers equipped themselves for the campaign . |
| 10 | Streisand took the flak and Twentieth Century-Fox executives braced themselves for a financial disaster . |
| 11 | But we still are left managing those people in ninety four , ninety five , as well as taking on board the new triangles , the one with the horizontal lines , where we 're going to get people presenting themselves for the first time , and requiring services . |
| 12 | Thus the new reality is that a small group of people substitute themselves for the class as a whole and decide what is best for all . |
| 13 | As the Dwarfs steeled themselves for the inevitable assault , there was a loud explosion and the gateway burst apart in a cloud of dust . |
| 14 | With extra time looking certain to end in a second 1–1 stalemate and dog-tired players steeling themselves for the dreaded first Cup final penalty shoot-out , the 30-year-old soared to head a Paul Merson corner into and out of Chris Woods ' hands . |
| 15 | Young demobbed men are restless for a fight ; women sell themselves for a cigarette . |
| 16 | It 's also a perfect place for students to prepare themselves for the new grade-level Trinity College Of Music Pop Exams , since the Guitar School is the new local exam centre ! |