Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] themselves [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another one of his tricks was to lurk behind the counter at the Turk 's Head so customers would think there was no one there , and then , when they were thinking of leaving or helping themselves to the jam doughnuts , he 'd leap on to a wooden box to bring his large dome head just above the level of the counter and say , ‘ Can I help you ? ’ in a very loud voice . |
| 2 | The touchline was the launchpad — more so against Ireland than France — of some of Scotland 's best driving mauls and highlighted the danger of players swelling defensive ranks rather than committing themselves to the maul . |
| 3 | It 's great to see those guys out here , giving pleasure and enjoying themselves at the same time . |
| 4 | So , in making their denials , they often make unseemly proclamations about their own heterosexuality , in the worst cases ( only too common ) dis-associating themselves from ‘ radical feminists ’ ( read lesbians ) and presenting themselves as the ones who are the reasonable moderates . |
| 5 | It has been an almost Darwinian process , of course , with those failing to shrug off the stereotype simply going out of business and removing themselves from the genetic pool . |
| 6 | ‘ Like the council , ’ said Constance , ‘ benefactors of humanity and kidding themselves about the perfectibility of man — silly bastards . ’ |
| 7 | By resorting to guns , even toy ones , are the Lithuanians forfeiting the rights of democrats and putting themselves on the same level as the Soviet troops ? |
| 8 | Retiring partners would still have the difficulty of disposing of their shares on retirement and putting themselves within the scope of retirement relief . |
| 9 | It depends on the simple and indisputable fact that ideas and cultural artefacts travel , hopping from continent to continent and distributing themselves about the world in the wake of migrations and along trade routes . |
| 10 | The eagles talked less now and fell into their own thoughts as if preparing themselves for the dark months ahead . |
| 11 | In Ostland the horde began to loot and destroy with customary Orc efficiency , crushing the spring crops underfoot and gorging themselves on the hard won stores of the local people . |
| 12 | But protecting themselves against the deadly virus by practising safer sex is another matter . |
| 13 | To sidestep any arguments about who should inherit the party 's vast fortunes if a split occurs , the delegates declared themselves to be the legal heirs of the HSWP , whilst dissociating themselves from the old party 's ‘ crimes , false and mistaken principles and methods ’ . |
| 14 | No better example can be given than by citing the careers of Tamara Karsavina and Margot Fonteyn , both of whom worked with many different choreographers as well as submitting themselves to the severely classical discipline of the older Petipa repertoire . |
| 15 | They are generally thought to be striking at Hipparchos not shown , an interesting but rather surprising concept ; one might rather see them as defending themselves against the bodyguard which cut them down . |
| 16 | describe ‘ reasonable ’ white teenagers , some of whom were sympathizers of the National Front , as distancing themselves from the ‘ skinheads ’ or ‘ lunatics ’ . |