Example sentences of "themselves [adv] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stock Exchange money brokers finance themselves additionally by short-term borrowing from banks but , in the event that funds are not forthcoming on normal market terms , they like the GEMMs have individual borrowing rights at the Bank of England . |
| 2 | It 's something that everybody should be aware of all the time , and I do see a lot of guitarists who really let themselves down by just falling back and letting the obvious happen . |
| 3 | However , it is remarkable how many people , who are fastidious about personal hygiene and appearance , let themselves down by not bothering about their nails . |
| 4 | In no season , ’ continued the report , ‘ were the crofters able to sustain themselves entirely by their land . |
| 5 | They gave themselves away by their distinctive styles . |
| 6 | Most shoplifters give themselves away by constantly looking around at cameras and cashiers or staying in the same area for a long time . |
| 7 | The older men established themselves over by the fireplace . |
| 8 | At the other extremity of southern Siberia , a number of peoples on the lower reaches of the Amur river , such as the Nanais , Ulchas , Udeghes and Nivkhs , as well as the Itelmens and the Ainu of Kamchatkan lived in the forest , moving between winter and summer villages , making much use of dugout or plank-built boats , and feeding themselves largely by catching fish . |
| 9 | Other kindred spirits were self-made gentiles , like Norman Tebbit , Cecil Parkinson or John Major , whose capacity to drag themselves up by their bootstraps appealed to her Methodist conscience . |
| 10 | Secondly , run-down of social provision justified by the argument that the less well provided must ‘ pull themselves up by their own bootstraps ’ . |
| 11 | ENGLAND 'S players will be denied the chance of pumping themselves up by singing the national anthem on the pitch before Saturday 's Test against South Africa at Twickenham . |
| 12 | And despite Wednesday 's 2–0 cup collapse to Cookstown , coach Mark Sinnamon insists his young warriors can come through their toughest test since the 1986 Irish Senior Cup final when they pulled themselves up by the bootlaces to beat Three Rock Rovers . |
| 13 | Now the 11 strong Ulster contingent from that ill-fated Polish trip must drag themselves up by the bootlaces for an earlier-than-usual start to the domestic programme , as next weekend sees the opening round of matches , albeit in diluted form in the Harp Kirk Cup . |
| 14 | Now the 11 strong Ulster contingent from that ill-fated Polish trip must drag themselves up by the bootlaces for an earlier-than-usual start to the domestic programme , as next weekend sees the opening round of matches , albeit in diluted form in the Harp Kirk Cup . |
| 15 | Women in particular should be on guard against apologizing for themselves indirectly by this sort of tentative behaviour . |
| 16 | Its owners move themselves about by protruding it from the shell and rippling its undersurface . |
| 17 | The blazer brigade does n't say anything about that now , any more than the Metropolitan Police will risk making fools of themselves again by arresting Christie for possession of a supposedly stolen car . |
| 18 | Ticks fasten themselves aboard by burying their mouthparts in the skin , and live by sucking the host 's blood . |