Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] themselves [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The nearest neighbours of Ben Nevis , Carn Mor Dearg and Aonach Beag , both have summits above the 4000 mark ; to another of the group , Aonach Mor , the Ordnance Survey rather churlishly ascribes a height of 3999 only , a tribute to their meticulous accuracy but a pity they could not have permitted themselves a slight error of twelve inches .
2 I strongly recommend that we leave such arduous duties to your two companions , who will undoubtedly have asked themselves the same question . ’
3 Royle refused , so City and Swales , having dug themselves a large hole , returned to Kendall and agreed to his terms .
4 Royle refused , so City and Swales , having dug themselves a large hole , returned to Kendall and agreed to his terms .
5 By the time the last participant cruised into Las Palmas the crew of Eevin had earned themselves an affectionate notoriety .
6 Mr. Barnes ' affidavit quoted above showed beyond question , he submitted , that the Bank of England had asked themselves the right question ( paragraph 9 ) and that they did indeed require the production of the documents reasonably for the purposes of their own domestic supervision ( paragraphs 8 , 10 and 13 ) .
7 North , second in the table and also undefeated , have given themselves a great chance of pulling off a win which will close the gap at the top .
8 The privatised boards have given themselves an inbuilt incentive to exploit their monopoly position .
9 Costs have got themselves a terrible name , mainly because narrow-minded finance people have concentrated on reducing them in an effort to increase profit .
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