Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] themselves [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The careful and precise manner in which these financial arrangements were laid down suggests that many who served saw the war as essentially a business enterprise holding out the promise of substantial rewards for those who were fortunate or who distinguished themselves in the field . |
| 2 | The larvae then migrate through the tissue of the mouth ( cheeks , tongue , and pharynx ) to the stomach , where they attach themselves to the stomach lining . |
| 3 | At that time the DPKR had only 7,000 members and although they dissociated themselves from the Russian Communist Party , many were still members of the CPSU . |
| 4 | This does not mean that they put themselves into the hands of an absolute authority . |
| 5 | Essentially , it was a calculative attitude and it was clear that they managed themselves in the sense that they saw work as being a means to their personal ends , which might be owning a boarding house , for example . |
| 6 | It 's not so much that they undersell themselves in the UK , but they have to really pull their fingers out in the US . |
| 7 | Another potential problem for patients is that they find themselves in the role of information-giver , and it is often information of a very personal nature . |
| 8 | No club was named in the piece but Wyre Boat Angling Club have complained to Angler 's Mail that they recognized themselves as the targets of Bob 's attack — and say his comments are inaccurate , totally unjustified and reflect solely a minority view . |
| 9 | In that sense , their political attractiveness is not likely to be as great as that of present policies which emphasize training , selecting and matching , and which address themselves to the individual qualities and characteristics of the teachers themselves . |
| 10 | It explains that ‘ the picture that emerges is of a group of people who were keen to engage in farming on their own account and who established themselves on a smallholding , often many years ago , but who have failed to progress beyond this first step in the farming ladder . |
| 11 | Sylvia Pye , Chairwoman of Women against Pit Closures , said today : ‘ The women are in good spirits and they barricaded themselves in the cabin . |
| 12 | Without any coherent sense of direction she turned right again and they found themselves in an almost deserted Portobello Road . |
| 13 | Traffic began to peter out and they found themselves in the middle of extensive minefields . |
| 14 | David pushed open one of the french windows and they found themselves in the library . |
| 15 | Marie had no time to think about Bella 's story : the little queue surged forward and they found themselves inside the double doors in a short corridor leading through to the main ward . |
| 16 | And they find themselves with a goalkeeping problem — Mickey Inotta is at Port Vale ; Mickey has this been resolved yet ? |
| 17 | The contemporary style of worship songs generally makes them easily sung by a congregation and they lend themselves to a variety of arrangements for voices and instruments . |
| 18 | Under the general safety requirement , retailers are criminally liable if they knowingly expose an unsafe product for sale , whereas in civil law , under the product liability regime , retailers are liable to third party victims only if they present themselves as the producer or can not identify the person who supplied them with the product . |
| 19 | Wounded men and prisoners could still have much to fear if they found themselves at the mercy of their opponents . |
| 20 | It was cheaper than the cinema , only a few pennies , and young people could sometimes get in for nothing if they attached themselves to an adult . |
| 21 | IF THEY find themselves in a tangle at an anti-social hour , the United Nations men now taking over in Somalia will at least have the chance of talking it over with their masters in New York — as well as with their unofficial masters in Washington . |
| 22 | Having escaped from their field , two goats wandered around for a while until they found themselves in a rubbish dump . |
| 23 | Those of the cast who remembered the euphoria of Taunton were disappointed , but they comforted themselves with the fact that they were at least on , something which three days previously had looked most unlikely . |
| 24 | One point , just to add to what Liz is saying , and I support everything she 's said , one further point is that accuracy is terribly important because if you actually have a mistake in the press release , and the editors publish it or it 's broadcast and a whole lot of listeners or readers write in and complain , they 'll find it very hard to forgive you because they get themselves in a terrible problem , so do be sure you 're giving them accurate information all the time . |
| 25 | I have a fancy to show myself as far as Newport and Cardiff , while they lose themselves in the mountains of Maelienydd and Brecon . ’ |
| 26 | Many clients like to shop around before they commit themselves to a solicitor and like to feel that they can find something out about you before they are committed to the payment of fees . |
| 27 | One video is not going to stop car crime on its own , but producers believe it may persuade some young people to think twice before they find themselves on the wrong side of the law . |
| 28 | By way of illustration , let us take an example from the development of Newton 's theory that we have considered several times before , and consider the situation that confronted Leverrier and Adams when they addressed themselves to the troublesome orbit of the planet Uranus . |
| 29 | When they launched themselves into the dusk they seemed to fill the sky to the north for long minutes , and their cries reached as far as the village . |
| 30 | When they launch themselves into the air they suddenly straighten their bodies and hollow out their lower surfaces . |