Example sentences of "[noun sg] themselves [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Good interpreters can aid communication but professionals must be trained to use interpreters properly or , ideally , should have fluency themselves in an individual 's native language .
2 He talked on , feeling a great relief , thinking , it 's not surprising Catholics are able to preserve their sanity ; they can unburden themselves in the confessional .
3 At a rave in Stafford 's Bingley Hall last month , Altern-8 launched an offensive by proclaiming rock music dead , flying in an African witch doctor to ‘ cleanse the air of rock ’ with an ancient incantation , and rounding off the ceremony themselves with the sacrifice of a Fender Stratocaster .
4 Barry Cryer and Willie Rushton disgrace themselves with the kind of behaviour that gets other people put into homes .
5 Some , like the South American burrowing frog , encase themselves inside a cocoon within a burrow .
6 Meals should be provided every other day , and with great care — Tiger Fish will gorge themselves to the point where they are unable to move , even regurgitating some to enable more successful breathing .
7 Landscapes from the truly realist to the virtually abstract array themselves across the May gallery horizon .
8 American football fans can learn to play the Superbowl game themselves at the sessions run by Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre on Fridays from 4.30–6.30 pm .
9 They each address themselves to the reader 's understanding of what a just society should be like : they are publicly political writings .
10 Without taking adequate precautions , they too could be in the same situation themselves by the end of the year .
11 ‘ Clownfish cover themselves with a sugar coating to avoid being stung by their anemone ’ What is true is that Clowns do have a polysaccharide mucus coating to mask the protein taste of their mucus — and thus avoid the anemone trigger mechanism which stings on sensing protein .
12 Paul and John strap themselves into the back seats of the small plane .
13 Every fifteen days , when the spring tides are at their peak , vast numbers of grunion ride in on the crests of waves and deliberately strand themselves on the shore .
14 And the women responded with works that suited New Hall 's commitment to women 's education , even when they had no connection themselves to the university or the college .
15 William Shenstone , writing forty years earlier , explains in more realistic terms that the privileged interest themselves in the cottage ‘ partly on account of the variety it may introduce ; on account of the tranquillity that seems to reign there ; and perhaps , ( I am somewhat afraid ) on account of the pride of human nature ’ .
16 The other possibility , as recognised by s 44(2) , is that the taxpayer and the inspector come to an agreement themselves about the division in which the appeal should be heard .
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