Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [v-ing] themselves [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group issued an angry statement alleging that the authors are ‘ obsessive fans misrepresenting themselves as the authorised biographers of Nirvana ’ . |
| 2 | Against her will her breasts swelled , hardened nipples forcing themselves against the cotton . |
| 3 | Overweight male execs squeezing themselves behind the wheel of their Mercs ; they died of heart attacks . |
| 4 | They had also spent the previous six weeks familiarising themselves with the country , getting to know especially the lie of the rivers , which would become torrents after the heavy rain that fell in the afternoon and at night during many months of the year , while the same river beds higher up the hills could be dry at times . |
| 5 | Mitzi was immediately conscious of pain and seconds later of the table upturning and its entire contents spreading themselves across the parquet . |
| 6 | Their recruitment policy has worked very well for them and they are by far the largest outside America , although they are still having great difficulty establishing themselves in the USA . |
| 7 | But they have more difficulty defending themselves on the second and more serious charge . |
| 8 | Indeed , if we go so far as to see externalization as inevitably bringing the ego into conflict with reality , then we might conclude that many modern neuroses — perhaps the most severe ones — are likely to become para-psychoses : that is , neurotic conflicts expressing themselves in the language of psychosis . |
| 9 | In theory , the EMS is a means by which the currencies of the EC are maintained at a stable exchange rate with one another ; in practice , it means all the weaker currencies aligning themselves to the strongest , the Deutsche Mark . |
| 10 | It is , to be honest , infectious , and provides immunity from the frustration that the fat drops spreading themselves across the windscreen should induce . |
| 11 | With extra time looking certain to end in a second 1–1 stalemate and dog-tired players steeling themselves for the dreaded first Cup final penalty shoot-out , the 30-year-old soared to head a Paul Merson corner into and out of Chris Woods ' hands . |
| 12 | So far , groups of crew have had an induction course and what is called ‘ a long sail ’ , when they spend several days acquainting themselves with the boat and gear , absorbing everything from how the cooker is switched on and how to flush the head to hoisting the mainsail and steering . |
| 13 | The redistribution of income and wealth has been matched by a realignment of people 's political allegiances with an increasing number of those with modest resources allying themselves with the most prosperous sections of the community . |
| 14 | Aircraft captains are legally entitled to deny boarding to any passengers presenting themselves at the aircraft who , cat the captain 's absolute discretion , are unacceptably under the influence of drink or drugs . |
| 15 | There are loads of Leed supporters in Goole but they seemed to be more i interested in the young kids chucking themselves in the water jump on the running track which was right by the pitch ! |
| 16 | A volatile , erratic but undeniably charismatic figure , with a loyal following among the Syrian troops enriching themselves in the Bekaa Valley , among the Palestinian terrorists financed by Lebanese drug trafficking , and among Arabs living in Detroit and Los Angeles who distributed the product , Rifat Assad was also too valuable an asset to fear official displeasure from any quarter , Syrian , French or American . |
| 17 | One of the more unusual pictures was a superbly painted scene of a nursery interior with two young girls warming themselves by the hearth by the rather underrated Gaston de Latouche . |
| 18 | In a message to UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali the committee according to the Middle East News Agency on April 9 forwarded a message from Libya : the Libyan authorities would not object to the two men placing themselves at the disposal , via the Arab League , of the UN Secretary-General . |
| 19 | But , in the euphoria of the moment , were the local breeders blinding themselves to the fact that what they were really doing was preserving freaks ? |