Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] themselves [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Those who fail to do so undervalue or deny themselves a diverse range of talent and experience . ’ |
| 2 | Maybe they 'll launch a putsch and get themselves a new chairman . ’ |
| 3 | Bacteria which normally divide and reproduce themselves every twenty minutes can also form themselves into environmentally resistant spores capable of lying dormant , even entombed in rock , for maybe millions of years before a change of circumstance permits their release with continued growth and reproduction . |
| 4 | There they will hire a minibus and drive themselves the 1,000 kilometres overland to Bophuthatswana . |
| 5 | She had thought the quantities of gilt ( never did she credit that it might be real gold ) an evidence of shocking vulgarity , had sneered at the bad taste of the ornate picture frames , at the ridiculous excesses of the pictures themselves , and had felt a solid , suburban scorn for the frayed and patched tapestry chair seats and the faded hangings : she had wondered why , if so rich , they did not throw out their tatty Persian coverings , and buy themselves a good bit of fitted Wilton or Axminster in a good plain colour . |