Example sentences of "[verb] for themselves [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the middle of the thirteenth century they were allowed to deduct for themselves a fixed salary out of the Forest revenues they collected — 100 marks a year for the Justice of the Forest north of Trent , and £100 for his colleague south of it . |
| 2 | During the final rehearsals for the 1962 Berlin recording of the Ninth , Karajan discovered that for years in the Finale 's ‘ adagio ma non troppo , ma divoto ’ the Berlin violas had been annexing for themselves the top line in a passage that is richly divided . |
| 3 | Mr Morrison and his group can play their part by learning for themselves the full complexity of the problem and trying to convey it to Irish-Americans who see Irish unity as the only answer . |
| 4 | Thus far , French princes — with the notable exception of the Norman king-duke — had been wary of claiming for themselves the peace-keeping function within their lands . |
| 5 | In such cases they were often allowed to take for themselves an annual salary out of those revenues . |
| 6 | They had also created for themselves a moral environment to which few Englishmen found they could take serious exception . |
| 7 | In this way the original insights of New Right thinking have acquired for themselves a bad name . |