Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [v-ing] themselves [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The success rate of lawyers was consistently better than that of trades union representatives and of individuals representing themselves over the four years from 1979 to 1982 covered ( DoE , 1984 ) .
2 The car slowed again more gently as the Annamese driver spotted another group of peasants gathering themselves at the roadside fifty yards ahead .
3 Despite this , it is worth noting that in Townsend 's sample 31 per cent of men assigning themselves to the middle class had ‘ manual ’ occupations , and 25 per cent of men assigning themselves to the working class had ‘ non-manual ’ occupations .
4 Despite this , it is worth noting that in Townsend 's sample 31 per cent of men assigning themselves to the middle class had ‘ manual ’ occupations , and 25 per cent of men assigning themselves to the working class had ‘ non-manual ’ occupations .
5 They looked like sacrifices crushing themselves into the mouths of Moloch .
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