Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these meetings concerned themselves with the Spanish question . |
| 2 | Volkswagen , which is the largest European car producer , has in recent months aligned itself behind the car protectionist lobby because , heavily dependent on high cost German labour , it is aware that it will have difficulties in beating off Japanese cars when they are imported without quotas into Europe . |
| 3 | Nietzsche was not present , but whereas the premiere of Tristan in 1865 had not prompted any discernible reaction in him , on this occasion he took a much livelier interest and during the following months familiarized himself with the work through the score . |
| 4 | A significant minority of our survey subjects referred themselves to the GP , drugs counsellor , and so on . |
| 5 | Frankie backed away as the animal 's snarling head and powerful front legs hooked themselves over the top of the gate and her back legs struggled for a foot-hold on the curves of wrought iron . |
| 6 | One hundred and twenty years after Nehemiah and Pericles Greeks and Jews found themselves under the control of Alexander the Great — a Greek-speaking Macedonian who considered himself the heir of the Persian kings . |
| 7 | Moreover the United Provinces showed themselves throughout the later decades of the century notably less welcoming than their southern neighbours to ideas of penal reform of the kind now being put forward by Beccaria and others . |
| 8 | One of the undulating shapes detached itself from the wall and advanced towards the shining executioner as though blind to its danger . |
| 9 | It was the night of the school disco and a group of parents were standing in the corner as the kids enjoyed themselves on the dance floor . |
| 10 | I tried to look straight ahead until I reached the top , then I entered our attic room and stood there as my eyes accustomed themselves to the dim light . |
| 11 | In its original meaning çift referred to the smallest unit of land which could support a family , and in the early days of the timar system the çift was the core holding which the timarli farmed himself for the benefit of his own family . |
| 12 | Once again , the Elves found themselves in the middle of a war without a Phoenix King . |
| 13 | Many refugees found themselves in the same position . |
| 14 | Mangen and Castel relate an appalling tale of how the circumstances in which the French asylums found themselves in the Second World War prompted experiment with alternatives . |
| 15 | In 1980 these countries committed themselves to the concept of health for all by the year 2000 . |
| 16 | The effects showed themselves in the occupational culture of the force , in senses of threat and danger among members , and in a range of low-key security duties which merged with routine police work . |
| 17 | Leigh Miners fancied themselves against the upstarts , but fell to a 35-12 home defeat . |
| 18 | The Communists saw themselves as the only alternative to the Labour , Liberal and Conservative Parties . |
| 19 | Well in War and Peace it 's a story of the er I mean there are many themes go on but the broad sweep of history is about the Napoleonic invasion of Russia and the way the Russians defended themselves against the French armies . |
| 20 | The Mensheviks threw themselves into the working-class trade unions and other organizations which sprang up , seeking the fusion of the Party and the rank-and-file proletariat . |
| 21 | A relay of tapes filled themselves in the machines on the table beside them . |
| 22 | While the films made at the beginning of the war appealed for people to forget selfish desires and apply themselves to the common good , to put aside class divisions in order to confront an enemy that threatened everyone equally , the Gainsborough films addressed themselves to the frustrations and the pain that came after continuous self-sacrifice . |
| 23 | A wasteful volley was shot towards him , but the range was far too long and the balls spent themselves among the thick stalks . |
| 24 | Further attempts at fostering were not tried , and the residential workers saw themselves as the main people in Michael 's life . |
| 25 | The magnates saw themselves as the natural counsellors of the king , and argued in the Boulogne agreement and in the petition against the Despensers that they had a duty to act to protect the realm if the king was being led by unwise counsel . |
| 26 | The nucleus of workers who helped transform Carno Railway Station into one of the world 's most efficient textile printing plants considered themselves from the beginning as part of an extended family . |
| 27 | Guard dogs hurled themselves against the wire and then chased the car the length of the property , barking frantically , while Cinzia told Zen how she had persuaded Gianluigi to buy a place in the country although he could n't see the point , but to her nature was not a luxury but something fundamental , a source of sanity and order , did he understand what she meant ? |
| 28 | For example , the problem of representing three-dimensional figures in two dimensions lent itself to the splitting of animal forms so that they faced out in both directions , joined by a centre line around the mouth and spine . |
| 29 | A sharp shout of command — twelve troopers ranged themselves across the road . |
| 30 | The flare sank lower ; was , he guessed , down to about thirty seconds , when one of the black figures detached itself from the shadows . |