Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Larrikins , who can be traced back to 1870 in Australia , were also organised into local gangs or ‘ pushes ’ , and even allowing for exaggeration and over-involvement ( we need not readily accept , for example , that they gorged themselves on raw meat or rigged elections by terrorising voters , as was sometimes alleged ) their behaviour was unbeatably appalling . |
| 2 | Luckily the bus itself was delayed , and so they got themselves on board . |
| 3 | ‘ They are a big , heavy side and they pride themselves on having rugged forwards , ’ said Moore . |
| 4 | One video is not going to stop car crime on its own , but producers believe it may persuade some young people to think twice before they find themselves on the wrong side of the law . |
| 5 | As they settled themselves on the trunk Silas switched off the torch . |