Example sentences of "[vb past] themselves [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Garner and Croft were by now both injured , but West Indies suddenly found themselves up against some determination . |
| 2 | Charles reinstated his counts , rebuilt his churches , installed new priests , and the Saxons found themselves back under Frankish control . |
| 3 | Swindon hauled themselves back on level terms after 22 minutes , when defender Shaun Taylor forced in a storming header following a corner . |
| 4 | Adcock almost netted again with a header barely a minute later but Swindon hauled themselves back on level terms after 22 minutes , defender Shaun Taylor forcing in a storming header . |
| 5 | His limbs pulled themselves up at ridiculous angles . |
| 6 | Despite their double handicap , Everton pulled themselves back to 3-2 with two Stuart Barlow goals before Sinton completed his treble two minutes from time , and Francis added : ‘ At 3-0 my players thought they 'd won it . |
| 7 | The class disciplines of stations broke down , although in many places the wealthiest took themselves off to other forms of transport . |
| 8 | The rebels gave themselves up to loyal officers later that day . |
| 9 | About 1,000 of the PKK forces gave themselves up to Iraqi Kurds who moved them to camps south of the Turkish border . |
| 10 | I do n't believe it was a coincidence , and if it was n't — ’ he had finally sorted it out — ‘ if it was n't then it means that Sardinian shepherds dressed themselves up as Sardinian shepherds to do a kidnapping . |
| 11 | It did n't take long for him to bounce back , however , and during the latter part of the 1970s and early 1980s he and Trevino put themselves in for further chances of Open glory . |
| 12 | Half a dozen guards hurtled through it , spread out and flung themselves down on one knee . |
| 13 | The Galks saw the time traveller , lowered themselves on to all fours , and bounded across the desert . |
| 14 | They wrapped themselves up in thick woollen blankets and , laden with a sack of grain and a bundle of firewood , set out across the darkness . |