Example sentences of "and [verb] themselves " in BNC.
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| 1 | They accumulate responsibilities and commitments and confine themselves to drink and cigarettes . |
| 2 | The book is a stampede , faithful to its title and its Epigraph which is the story of the Gadarene swine possessed by devils and rushing into the lake of Galilee and drowning themselves . |
| 3 | In fact once submerged they had to find a red rod and drag themselves along it to the other side of the stage ; more than one mother screamed in fear when she saw the show . |
| 4 | The coolies inside the fetid dens immediately began to stretch their stiffened limbs and drag themselves off their sodden mats , knowing that within minutes the cai would be among them flailing heavy staves to rouse the laggards . |
| 5 | In some minutes the short hairs on the disc of the leaf began to bend , then the long hairs , and laid themselves on the insect . |
| 6 | The public are respectfully informed , that the Committee appointed by the Odiham Agriculture Society to consider the best method of improving the Art commonly called Farriery , have , in pursuance of that design , and feeling themselves unable to act with due energy and effect in the capacity of a Committee , found it expedient to detach themselves from that respectable Society , and to erect themselves into the present form . |
| 7 | Not historic buildings , except for his last home at Schloss Solitude , outside Stuttgart , but elderly , ordinary , slightly shabby houses , planned and built in an earlier age , that had acquired a comfortable individuality in occupation by previous occupants , and lent themselves to his own way of living and working . |
| 8 | Some were of servile status and others free , although with the passage of time more and more secured their freedom ( Ch.4 ) , some might occupy barely enough land to sustain themselves and their families , while others accumulated substantial farms and became themselves employers of labour . |
| 9 | For now , the Strongs wil just have to wait and prepare themselves for the next weekend that Purcell comes home . |
| 10 | Holliman decided that they had to take cover , so they scuttled into a patch of scrub and camouflaged themselves with nets . |
| 11 | They parked the vehicles and camouflaged themselves for the night , before settling down to cook . |
| 12 | Of the five , probably only William Snr. and Thomas were practical binders , the rest migrating to London and proving themselves good businessmen as booksellers , travelling widely and selling fine books , including the Halifax products . |
| 13 | Departments , including costume and design , have started to operate the system , in which they cost their own services and sell themselves to BBC programmes . |
| 14 | In the same debate Mr Mellor restated the government 's intention of encouraging local authorities to make greater use of the private and voluntary sectors and to see themselves as enablers rather than providers . |
| 15 | At Manhattanville they stopped to water the horses and to refresh themselves with a drink of lemonade from an inn . |
| 16 | To all this , modern man has now added creatures from outer-space which can be grouped under the general category of UFOs ( Unidentified Flying Objects ) , some of which have reputedly landed and disguised themselves as human beings . |
| 17 | But such criticisms become increasingly unconvincing if one observes the enthusiasm with which such students throw them-selves into new fields , and make themselves experts , within a short time , in subjects they may never have studied before . |
| 18 | It is only at times of real crisis , when these individuals have reached the end of their tether , that they will break this code and make themselves known . |
| 19 | They float right through the glass and make themselves at home . |
| 20 | And they forgot to knock at the door and make themselves known to the people inside . |
| 21 | Although it can become distracting if the children always want to use it when you 're working as a whole group , there may be times when you want everybody to take a piece of cloth and make themselves something with it — a headband or a belt in a particular colour , for example to identify them as belonging to a particular group . |
| 22 | ‘ That is , people who were born normal and make themselves freaks through altering the body . ’ |
| 23 | The effects of the Great Depression and a renewed possibility of war in Europe in the 1930s made most Americans all the more determined to isolate and insulate themselves from the quarrels and atavism of the nations of Europe . |
| 24 | For those who wish to escape the hustle and bustle and lose themselves in the peaceful Nottinghamshire countryside , the working farms of the Nottinghamshire Farm Tourism Group offer a taste of the rural tradition . |
| 25 | In contrast , the Dionysiac chorus , like unconscious actors , enter into and lose themselves in the characters that their collective ecstasy impels them to conjure up . |
| 26 | The bishops , conceiving of themselves as a body supported by the Holy Spirit in their proclamation of morality and seeing themselves as following the equally and divinely guided line laid down by Pope John-Paul II , were assuming that the opposition to state legislation permitting divorce was of a similar standing and status to the Christian belief that Christian marriage was forever . |
| 27 | It is a collection of individuals sharing some common purpose under a common leader , and seeing themselves as having a common identity . |
| 28 | Differing views have an opportunity to arise and make themselves felt — but there the similarity with Western politics end . |
| 29 | He renewed appeals for the youths to come forward and make themselves known . |
| 30 | Nick — you 've only managed to talk to Paul Simpson , I think everybody 's gone and hidden themselves . |