Example sentences of "[noun] put themselves [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their personal safety was guaranteed by an old-fashioned exchange of hostages : senior Iraqis travelled to Arbil to put themselves in Kurdish hands — taking a risk , given Mr Hussein 's record in disposing of unwanted colleagues . |
| 2 | I could n't get rid of my disability , became more staunch in my socialist politics , got rid of my accent and was thankful when my parents put themselves into enormous debt and bought a tip of a house in Croydon . |
| 3 | That Banbridge put themselves within touching distance of their first title since 1988 owes much to their battling qualities . |
| 4 | His refusal on condition that the husband and mistress put themselves in sexual ‘ quarantine ’ was overturned in the Appeal Court , where one judge described the decision as ‘ indefensible . ’ |
| 5 | Every effort should be made to discover whether the family have the ability to put themselves in hypothetical situations and conceptualise and deal with the difficulties that are likely to arise with the black child , particularly during adolescence . |
| 6 | I ca n't imagine people in this country putting themselves through that , no matter how much they love that person . |