Example sentences of "[prep] themselves in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , we should recall that in modern individuals ( and almost certainly also in the past ) internalized verbal commands and prohibitions are of the first significance in the acquisition of the superego and manifest this aspect of themselves in the auditory hallucinations of accusing and scorning voices so often found in paranoia . |
| 2 | However , it was not all one-sided and Hammer gave a good account of themselves in the first half , restricting Haslemere to one goal and going close themselves with long-range shots . |
| 3 | Filaments linked living beings with the seeds of themselves in the deep-down ooze . |
| 4 | As sometimes happens with pianists of exceptional technical ability there can often be a sense in their playing that they are trying hard not to run away with themselves in the easy passages . |
| 5 | American oil companies ( fearful of the knock-on effects to themselves in the Middle East if Iranian radicals were seen to succeed ) proved more enthusiastic allies than the State Department . |
| 6 | yes and everybody not too happy as you can probably imagine erm Peter erm while we were talking to Paul Simpson , in fact Brian Horton was holding his press conference and I think he said the same as everybody else ; ‘ Bolder the opposition goalkeeper had an inspired game , but really United had the chances and the possession , and really everything to kill Charlton off long before half time and really put no pressure on themselves in the second half . ’ |
| 7 | Sir Richard Southern has made famous the extraordinary story of how the twelve great-great-grandchildren of a tenth-century priest divided a substantial part of the income of Arezzo cathedral among themselves in the late eleventh century . |
| 8 | As unemployment has risen , more and more women have been forced to invent work for themselves in the informal sector , in street sales or occasional domestic work . |
| 9 | The 2/2 Independent Company could now fulfil this role because they had remained a cohesive force , not just as a result of their training and leadership but in no small measure because these were men used to living in dry country and capable of fending for themselves in the basic departments of survival . |
| 10 | Headhunters , who mostly have a fee based upon one-third of the first year 's guaranteed compensation , did very well for themselves in the 1980s by recruiting many of these people who can make an outstanding contribution in terms of revenue to their organisations . |
| 11 | It does not do any harm to have a look and see what firms say about themselves in the various directories , including The Legal 500 , The Chambers Directory of Solicitors and Barristers and The Law Society Directory . |
| 12 | A hollow-eyed Maltote had taken a strangely exhausted Ranulf off to their own lodgings so the clerk and his wife had dined by themselves in the small hall below and spent the rest of the time here in their bedchamber . |