Example sentences of "[verb] themselves for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Taj , Indian families were grouping themselves for the professional photographers who swarmed over the central platform . |
| 2 | As the Dwarfs steeled themselves for the inevitable assault , there was a loud explosion and the gateway burst apart in a cloud of dust . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | They 'll miss him , like they missed many of their first team players who 're saving themselves for a vital league game next week . |
| 6 | They had prepared themselves for an unpleasant scene in which the wretched boy , stuffed to the gills with chocolate cake , would have to surrender and beg for mercy and then they would have watched the triumphant Trunchbull forcing more and still more cake into the mouth of the gasping boy . |
| 7 | They protected themselves for a long time . |
| 8 | According to a report in the Far Eastern Economic Review of Nov. 19 , Mahathir 's position was not being directly challenged , but many senior UMNO leaders were nevertheless positioning themselves for a future succession battle . |
| 9 | having found themselves for no good reason sitting together : Liz and Alix discovered that both came from Yorkshire , and that neither played lacrosse , nor had ever seen it being played , and Esther joined the discussion by volunteering that she had herself managed to avoid playing netball for the past three years on the grounds that she was too small . |
| 10 | Streisand took the flak and Twentieth Century-Fox executives braced themselves for a financial disaster . |
| 11 | Romanian troops braced themselves for a Soviet invasion . |
| 12 | The 200 units under her command should brace themselves for a forthright style . |
| 13 | A superbly organised defence has been the key factor so far and even now at the zero hour , the men at the back are steeling themselves for a final defiant gesture . |
| 14 | At the start of the year , several firms were steeling themselves for the tough , face-losing decision to pull out of some markets — or out of the securities business altogether . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Josiah Wedgwood may have boasted his intent of " making such machines of men as can not err " but he could not nail his potters to the floor and was left to fume when they absented themselves for the local " wakes " . |
| 17 | The Jones boys were busy preparing themselves for a whistle-stop tour of Texas , fuelled by the news from their American promoters that they 'd be playing Dallas and Houston the same nights as GENESIS , and that they were out-selling PHIL ‘ Two Houses ’ COLLINS and his Tory mates by three tickets to one . |
| 18 | The eagles talked less now and fell into their own thoughts as if preparing themselves for the dark months ahead . |
| 19 | At the top of the stairs , somewhere beyond a short , misty journey , Jeopardy led Lucien into a room where a handful of musicians were preparing themselves for the coming performance . |
| 20 | FRENCH inventors are being urged to gird themselves for an economic war against foreigners who steal their ideas . |
| 21 | Sweden and Costa Rica must already be bracing themselves for a high tide . |
| 22 | STAFF at the Wedgwood visitor centre are bracing themselves for a bumper summer season . |
| 23 | MEMBERS of the radical black Pan Africanist Congress were told by their leader yesterday to brace themselves for a bitter struggle as they celebrated the 33rd anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre with a fiery demonstration of militancy in the township where the killings occurred . |
| 24 | ‘ It is vital that companies prepare themselves for the new Europe and this initiative will help firms in the south . |
| 25 | Lack of childcare facilities not only blocks a job , even if there were one , it prevents single parents doing anything else to prepare themselves for a changing job market . |
| 26 | Those who were too shy or too inexperienced to pray on those occasions would meet together on a Saturday night to read , to pray and to prepare themselves for the following Sabbath day . |
| 27 | 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 ! |
| 28 | The speaker in the afternoon was Sue Beardon , of Voluntary Action-Leeds , and she helped delegates understand what they must do to prepare themselves for the new ways of working . |
| 29 | Activity Catechist — the person who ensures that all friends and helpers in the group have what they need to prepare themselves for the sacred experience — both in equipment and atmosphere . |