Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [verb] themselves [prep] " in BNC.

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1 the ruins of peoples which are still found here and there and which are no longer capable of a national existence , are absorbed by the larger nations and either become part of them or maintain themselves as ethnographic monuments without political significance .
2 Pylons strode down from it , past a settlement and a water-tower on the plain due south of me and lost themselves in the haze to the west .
3 Sports heroes and pop stars provide images for teenagers , who may imitate them and style themselves upon them .
4 The men surged round him and jostled themselves to a standstill .
5 Creatures often seem to have gone out of their way to find him and display themselves to him .
6 The plaintiff then instituted proceedings against the defendants claiming damages for their breach of duty in failing to disclose material information to him and placing themselves in a position where their duties and interests conflicted .
7 They ensure , for example , that meals are eaten at the right time , that appointments are kept , that a daily routine is adhered to and that patients do not neglect themselves or put themselves in danger .
8 As far as she was aware , no one had cut themselves or pricked themselves with a needle .
9 I think young folk now are much more ready to express themselves and express themselves in public .
10 When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves , they are not wise . ’
11 In Modern Masterpiece there is the idea of people being taken over by a force greater than themselves and dancing themselves to death , and that seems to tie in a bit with what is going on
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