Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] themselves for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | AS the curtain comes down on Courage League rugby for 1992 , the game 's elite are gearing themselves for the biggest dog-fight since the competition 's inception six years ago . |
| 2 | In the field of computer printers companies are readying themselves for the challenge of Europe , Lyndhurst West previews the starting grid . |
| 3 | while country areas were bracing themselves for the influx of tragic refugees or louse-infested slave labour , depending on the children 's luck . |
| 4 | At the Taj , Indian families were grouping themselves for the professional photographers who swarmed over the central platform . |
| 5 | At the start of the year , several firms were steeling themselves for the tough , face-losing decision to pull out of some markets — or out of the securities business altogether . |
| 6 | At the top of the stairs , somewhere beyond a short , misty journey , Jeopardy led Lucien into a room where a handful of musicians were preparing themselves for the coming performance . |
| 7 | Christie 's braced themselves for the golf fanatics for their 19 February sale , which featured three paintings by Sir John Lavery , one of them being a vista of the famous Golf Links , North Berwick ( est. $60–80,000 ) , which sold to London dealer Titus Kendall for $110,000 ( £63,200 ) . |
| 8 | MINISTERS are bracing themselves for the release of unemployment figures on Thursday which are expected to go over the three million mark . |