Example sentences of "helped themselves to [art] " in BNC.

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1 The gang helped themselves to a video , leather jacket , private letters plus bits and pieces to the tune of £1,000 before fleeing .
2 He was told to unlock the premises and his assailants then helped themselves to a large quantity of cigarettes and cash .
3 Thieves helped themselves to a number of televisions off the back of a lorry parked at Woodside Cafe , at Knayton , near Thirsk , while the driver had his breakfast .
4 Eventually , the bloody turf wars ceased , and for a long time the authorities either winked at their illegal trade or even helped themselves to the till .
5 On the first day , Chris left out a bowl of fruit and the children — unused to seeing such a wide variety — helped themselves to the lot .
6 Mr Hutchinson managed to raise the alarm but the two men helped themselves to the cash and made off in the car driven by Wishart , of no fixed abode .
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