Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] themselves [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Here are people who quite blatantly do n't give a fâ for social pleasantries , leastways not when they can lock themselves into a groove and cunningly misplace the key . |
2 | They can advertise themselves in the truest and most direct way possible : the experience of friends , colleagues or neighbours who make up the union . |
3 | It is therefore also common ground that prima facie Glasgow must be sued in Scotland because of course it is domiciled in Scotland , and that the banks are only entitled to sue in England if they can bring themselves within the special jurisdiction laid down in articles 5 and 6 of Schedule 4 . |
4 | I assume that if they can bring themselves within the terms of erm of these orders then they will er be indemnified . |
5 | If the guest is settling the bill by credit card they can avail themselves of the express check-out service . |
6 | If they are confident , they can commit themselves to the importance of each of the eight aspects . |
7 | She 's got a couple of chums who look like they can handle themselves in a scrap . |
8 | The early experience suggests that for the enthusiast of language , for example , the latter approach and even the former is possible : equally too the science enthusiast in primary schools protests at the ease with which they can familiarise themselves with the process . |
9 | Said Keegan : â I 've told the lads they can write themselves into the record books . |
10 | It is now up to the mainstream physicists to show that they can organise themselves to the point where they can justify their basic funds , and the extra money that has now been set aside for them ( This Week , 3 February , p 287 ) . |
11 | Raising more roses by seed can be a very frustrating business , or they can seed themselves with the efficiency and enthusiasm of weeds . |
12 | When researchers want to understand what it is like to be , say , a Moonie , they can submit themselves to the sorts of conditions that a Moonie experiences â so far as these are social ; but the real Moonie can , quite legitimately , protest that if the researcher does not have a personal experience of God or actually know in their heart that it is the Unification Church which has discovered the best way to live , they can not really understand what it is like to be a Moonie . |
13 | There is , in fact , virtually no area at all where rabbits can not exist â they can support themselves on the edge of suburban Britain and maintain vast colonies on the most inhospitable heathland . |