Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] themselves [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many more ants would need to go up into space for them to see themselves in perspective . |
| 2 | Everyone helped themselves to food . |
| 3 | Well , preventing them filling themselves with drink . |
| 4 | IT was one of several ‘ underground ’ magazines which found themselves in court in this period . |
| 5 | In this paper , Peter Watsham describes a range of personnel activities which lend themselves to computer assistance , examines the role of small machines in relation to these , and presents an appraisal of what is currently available . |
| 6 | There are a number of processes which reproduce themselves through time and which keep poor farmers in perpetual poverty and force them to use their natural environment in non-sustainable ways . |
| 7 | In a closed economy ( Figure 9.5 ) the circled banks which find themselves over liquid can lend to or buy money market instruments from the under liquid banks ( uncircled ) . |
| 8 | Perhaps surprisingly then , other , less benevolent themes are also found associated with the solar cult , mainly in the form of the collective delusions of persecution which express themselves as belief in witchcraft . |
| 9 | The first which establish themselves by chance in a particular spot , tend , by the mere occupancy of space , to exclude other species — the greater choke the smaller , the longest livers replace those which last for a shorter period , he more prolific gradually make themselves masters of the ground , which species multiplying more slowly would otherwise fill . |
| 10 | The directors may , for instance , make gifts to the employees , but only where this can be regarded as ‘ an inducement to them to exert themselves in future , or as an act done reasonably for the purpose of getting the greatest profit from the business ’ . |
| 11 | According to Irish religion , Macha ( or Machas ) referred to a compound trinity of goddesses who concerned themselves with childbirth , agriculture and war . |
| 12 | It will not be desired to find all people who absent themselves without leave . |
| 13 | Request : The Liberal ex-chief was asked to write a few words for ‘ Backroom Boys ’ , a book about ‘ men who distinguish themselves without excess , folk quite happy to take a pleasingly light and unimposing approach , and yet who nevertheless make a reasonably fair showing throughout life ’ . |
| 14 | There was always an enormous difference between the economic perceptions of those who initially had Conservative and Labour preferences , especially those who described themselves as party ‘ supporters ’ . |
| 15 | In a few generations , there was a new class of Britons who regarded themselves as part of the Roman empire and ‘ Roman ’ in a broad sense . |
| 16 | There was no additional help for students who found themselves in trouble in the summer . |
| 17 | But it was n't just the disc dodgers who found themselves in trouble . |
| 18 | This is not the same form of heroism as those who put themselves at risk for others . |
| 19 | Locks weirs and boats need to be treated with respect according to the National Rivers Authority , but there are still some people who put themselves at risk by behaving foolishly . |
| 20 | Among the religious who distinguished themselves in combat was the abbot of Battle — that ‘ outstanding warrior in monk 's habit ’ , as one chronicler described him — who twice , in 1376 and 1377 , defended the town of Winchelsea from French raiders . |
| 21 | I earned a few sous so I became more fantastical , maintaining I had met Brahmins who killed themselves on funeral pyres ; men with monkeys ’ heads and leopards ' bodies ; giants with only one eye and one foot who could run so fast they could only be caught if they fell asleep in the lap of a virgin . |
| 22 | Young people who find themselves on probation for shop-lifting , vandalism or petty thuggery should be shown where the path of crime may lead . |
| 23 | A NEW scheme to help youngsters who find themselves under pressure and at risk of turning to crime has been welcomed by the Duke of Westminster . |
| 24 | As getting tiny clothes was a problem for us I 've decided to put together a pre-term pack to loan out to NCT members who find themselves in need of them . |
| 25 | ‘ I am particularly pleased at the number of able women who offered themselves for appointment , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Check from time to time that residents have something to occupy themselves on hand . |
| 27 | Whereas it hath been represented to us , upon the oaths of several of our trusty and well-beloved booksellers , that certain journeyman taylors , shoemakers , barbers , Spitaldfields-weavers [ sic ] , and other handicraftsmen , and that certain apprentices , shopmen , &c. have assembled in certain clubs , called Spouting-clubs , and , having there intoxicated themselves with porter and poetry , have presumed to make rhymes , and discharge them on the Public , under the title of ‘ Squires and Honourables , &c. &c. to the great annoyance of said Public , and of us , the said Reviewers ; WE do hereby ordain and decree that … [ everyone ] so offending in future , shall , for every such first offence , be chained to the compter , for a space , not exceeding twelve , nor less than six days ; and … for every such second offence , be not only chained to the compter for the said space of time ( more or less ) but be obliged to wear bob-wigs , and flapped hats without girdle or buckle , for the space of six months . |
| 28 | only two matches left of rugby union 's league season and Gloucester need to win at least one of them to save themselves from relegation … on saturday they went down to Orrell at Kingsholm … the score 8-13 |
| 29 | Luckily the bus itself was delayed , and so they got themselves on board . |
| 30 | Instead of stalks , they have a cluster of curling roots with which they attach themselves to coral or rocks . |