Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] themselves with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When young people play central parts in adventure stones , their motives and actions are as a rule suitably moderated nor are they expected to concern themselves with elaborate points of honour . |
| 2 | They would seek to liberate themselves with European machinery and European techniques . |
| 3 | Some excitable Slav nationalists still talk of a united Macedonia ; but then some excitable Greek nationalists still want to unite themselves with southern Albania ( North Epirus to them ) , a bit farther west . |
| 4 | Straightforward in principle , although highly complex in technical detail , the majority of today 's desk-top fax machines rarely seek to sell themselves with seductive design ( the usual Japanese route to consumer appeal ) ; they just sit there , looking like little photocopiers or big telephones , doing what they are supposed to do . |
| 5 | We get lost of letters from riders who are keen to have a go at competing but would like to arm themselves with some information first . |
| 6 | It is a disgrace that politicians here never seem to concern themselves with these problems . |
| 7 | Subordinate males , on the other hand , were friendlier towards the infants of high-ranking females , perhaps because their own rank might increase if they managed to associate themselves with such females . |
| 8 | On the face of it , this is similar to accommodation theory : speakers approximate their interlocutors ' linguistic behaviour , or distance themselves from it , depending on whether or not they wish to identify themselves with that individual . |
| 9 | Stunned by the heat , they roamed the streets of Ajaccio for several days , visiting its churches and bars and trying to equip themselves with some understanding of their new surroundings . |
| 10 | Students are advised to familiarise themselves with these procedures . |