Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pn reflx] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three times they lowered themselves to the ground in response to commands chanted by the minister of rites and all the time the musicians and singers banged gongs and drums and continued their strangely discordant chanting . |
| 2 | They affiliated themselves to the mendicant orders such as the Franciscans and Dominicans for their religious authentication , and engaged themselves , like their mendicant counterparts , in active participation of their faith , managing numerous charitable enterprises and conducting their own daily evening devotional services . |
| 3 | By way of illustration , let us take an example from the development of Newton 's theory that we have considered several times before , and consider the situation that confronted Leverrier and Adams when they addressed themselves to the troublesome orbit of the planet Uranus . |
| 4 | They pulled themselves to the top of the wall , sat there on the rough stone , shivering . |
| 5 | They resigned themselves to the Roman presence in their country , made their peace with the Roman authorities . |
| 6 | They presented themselves to the Cuban ambassador . |