Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] themselves for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | while country areas were bracing themselves for the influx of tragic refugees or louse-infested slave labour , depending on the children 's luck . |
| 2 | She had stayed there , always conscious that she was preparing herself for an existence of unutterable boredom , and was one of an enormous number of women who were training themselves for an ‘ if I do n't marry ’ life . |
| 3 | At the Taj , Indian families were grouping themselves for the professional photographers who swarmed over the central platform . |
| 4 | At the start of the year , several firms were steeling themselves for the tough , face-losing decision to pull out of some markets — or out of the securities business altogether . |
| 5 | At the top of the stairs , somewhere beyond a short , misty journey , Jeopardy led Lucien into a room where a handful of musicians were preparing themselves for the coming performance . |
| 6 | The Smiths were priming themselves for a spell in the top five . |