Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] themselves [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as the laying-out and preparation of the body was at that time the responsibility of the family , it would appear that the guild limited themselves to three actions : the marshalling of their members to attend , and the selection from that company of those to carry the coffin ( though it would have been a strong guild able to command more than half a dozen of its members during a weekday ) ; to see the coffin safely into the church and to ensure that the burial equipment was in place ; and to attend the full obsequies on the following day , including the funeral feast . |
| 2 | Women took this opportunity to broaden their horizons , and many of the women of the English Civil War distinguished themselves by great acts of heroism . |
| 3 | Overall , at the end of the trial , 20% of the fluticasone propionate group considered themselves in complete remission , compared with 39% of the prednisolone group ( p=0.003 ) . |
| 4 | Lines of enquiry suggested themselves from reported material which had accumulated over the years on possible energy effects at ancient sites . |
| 5 | Nowhere else have the enormous changes which the machine industry has made in our social life registered themselves with such obviousness as in the cities . |
| 6 | As the door banged Peggy and her grandmother threw themselves into each other 's arms , one arm only around each other for they had to suppress the laughter that was bursting to escape in loud , hilarious guffaws … . |
| 7 | His refusal on condition that the husband and mistress put themselves in sexual ‘ quarantine ’ was overturned in the Appeal Court , where one judge described the decision as ‘ indefensible . ’ |
| 8 | To their credit the Stirling pack roused themselves to greater efforts , but after four pushover attempts by them had been repulsed , Heriot 's countered and it was Stoddart who ran through some weak tackling and put Henry Murray in for try which Lawrie converted . |
| 9 | Sedate , sober men , that in the day time comported themselves in all seriousness and dignity , relaxed their staidness then and joined deliriously in the quadrilles or the waltz . |
| 10 | Briefly , if a church , for example , wanted to raise money , the ladies of the congregation organised themselves into small groups , often into pairs , and each group distributed invitations to perhaps a dozen or fourteen friends to a tea to be held in the church hall or some other suitable place . |