Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] themselves [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mystics are certain that for brief periods they have been enabled to experience such perception and know themselves to be part of a meaningful whole — one with the way things ultimately are . |
| 2 | They find that the less stable isomers of the larger clusters , for example , heated by collisions with the inert gas , collapse and rearrange themselves into more stable fullerene shells . |
| 3 | It depends on the simple and indisputable fact that ideas and cultural artefacts travel , hopping from continent to continent and distributing themselves about the world in the wake of migrations and along trade routes . |
| 4 | Explaining why the authorities changed their mind and committed themselves to the transfer of land is a prime difficulty in the history of the emancipation . |
| 5 | It may perhaps be objected that the distance may prevent the pupils of the Hospitals from attending the Lectures of the Veterinary Professor — I will first answer to that — that it would be dangerous for the progress of the Veterinary science to give them too free admission into the College — because it might give a disgust to the residing pupils from their application to the Veterinary Medicine and many of them would change their mind and apply themselves to the anatomy of the human body , thinking that it would be more honorable for them to cure the human species than Animals , this happened in France and the best Veterinary pupils are now Physicians and Surgeons to the human species — this prejudiced ideal would inculcate itself into the minds of young men , the more so as the Veterinary Science is still in its Infancy in this Country , and in an abject state , for this reason it would be equally dangerous to permit residing pupils to attend medical or anatomical lectures , of the human body , or to frequent Hospitals : Therefore a certain distance from the Town would be more useful than otherwise for the progress of the Veterinary Science . |
| 6 | Having given up hope of a career , they have doubts about the future and support themselves by working in ‘ low pay , low prestige , low benefit jobs in the service industry ’ or ‘ McJobs ’ . |
| 7 | Is that not one of the distinguishing characteristics of an institution of higher education , that its staff do , by and large , conduct research and feel themselves under an obligation to do so ? |
| 8 | Structures predominantly based on tensile members offer big savings in self weight and lend themselves to lightweight and long span conditions . |
| 9 | These three carry on the irresponsible practical jokes and illicit enterprises of their seniors , borrowing boats while in harbour and exploring themselves into danger , invariably rescued by improbably patient sailors . |
| 10 | It 's great to see those guys out here , giving pleasure and enjoying themselves at the same time . |
| 11 | They jerk from side to side and rub themselves on the plants , but there is no redness or inflammation of the gills . |
| 12 | I sat up late last night and read the Geste as far as to where Beren and his gnomish allies defeat the patrol of orcs above the sources of the Narog and disguise themselves in the reaf [ Old English : ‘ garments , weapons taken from the slain ’ ] . |
| 13 | His aunt had always kept the door locked , fearing that children might venture into the mill and hurt themselves by tumbling down the ladders . |
| 14 | Then , for the second time that evening , all three of them made their way to Puddephat 's window and let themselves into his rooms . |
| 15 | ‘ Like the council , ’ said Constance , ‘ benefactors of humanity and kidding themselves about the perfectibility of man — silly bastards . ’ |
| 16 | Gradually , though , as the rest of the column led by his uncle on a fine white horse arrived , the survivors who could walk came out of the banqueting hall and allowed themselves to be greeted by the relieving troops . |
| 17 | Once installed , tenants were regularly visited by voluntary lady rent-collectors whose task was to advise tenants on the management of the household or other aspects of their lives — how to sweep their floors , wash their children and clothing and to conduct themselves with propriety . |
| 18 | Acknowledging their weaknesses and limitations to live up to the Christian ideals they realised the strength they would obtain from mutual help and formed themselves into Teams . |
| 19 | They inflicted wounds on themselves in the sword dance and castigated themselves with ankle whips made of leather and bone , sprinkling the altar of the goddess with their blood . |
| 20 | In the novel , humans keep animals to demonstrate their empathy and differentiate themselves from the robots , but the irony is that radiation has killed off almost all real species , and the goats , horses and sheep which people keep are electric androids as well . |
| 21 | The sea wall ended , steps going down from the promenade and burying themselves in sand . |
| 22 | The Malleny Park side has yet to decide on its final line-up but will relish the opportunity to end the season in a flourish at home and push themselves into third position . |
| 23 | It is indeed the case that both of these " new branches " professed an orthodox Arminian theology and regarded themselves as movements within rather than against the Church of England . |
| 24 | The crew swam out from under the canoe and attached themselves to the upturned hull . |
| 25 | Friends literally reason together in order to organise experience and to define themselves as persons . |
| 26 | Duty solicitors are subject to the control of the Legal Aid Board which requires them and their authorised representatives to have relevant experience and to submit themselves to selection by a local committee . |
| 27 | They came before the tent and prostrated themselves on the ground before following their chief to prison . |
| 28 | A local feudal family , the Balšići , seized their opportunity and established themselves as rulers of Zeta . |
| 29 | They reached the next landing and swung themselves around it , clambering up the next set of stairs . |
| 30 | Retiring partners would still have the difficulty of disposing of their shares on retirement and putting themselves within the scope of retirement relief . |