Example sentences of "[v-ing] themselves for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll miss him , like they missed many of their first team players who 're saving themselves for a vital league game next week . |
| 2 | According to a report in the Far Eastern Economic Review of Nov. 19 , Mahathir 's position was not being directly challenged , but many senior UMNO leaders were nevertheless positioning themselves for a future succession battle . |
| 3 | The Jones boys were busy preparing themselves for a whistle-stop tour of Texas , fuelled by the news from their American promoters that they 'd be playing Dallas and Houston the same nights as GENESIS , and that they were out-selling PHIL ‘ Two Houses ’ COLLINS and his Tory mates by three tickets to one . |
| 4 | Sweden and Costa Rica must already be bracing themselves for a high tide . |
| 5 | STAFF at the Wedgwood visitor centre are bracing themselves for a bumper summer season . |