Example sentences of "[vb pp] themselves [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could have discharged themselves at any time , but they were destitute and the best was done for them that was possible in the circumstances . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , most studies have concerned themselves with ill effect , notably that of emotional stress . |
| 3 | No Hellenistic poet or philosopher quoted it , although modern scholars have sometimes deluded themselves on this subject . |
| 4 | ‘ I am fasting to live in solidarity with all who suffer and are persecuted because they have committed themselves to social justice . |
| 5 | The mayors committed themselves to local action plans to reduce CO2 emissions : methods discussed included recycling of waste heat from heating and cooling systems , and controls on traffic . |
| 6 | After the war , German universities had rebuilt themselves with much help from overseas , particularly the US , but little direction from central government . |
| 7 | Many Titfords over the years , we know , have uprooted themselves from one place to go and settle elsewhere . |
| 8 | ‘ It appears to me that the whole question is governed by the broad , general , universal principle that English legislation , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied as to make it the duty of an English court to give effect to an English statute , is applicable only to English subjects or to foreigners who by coming into this country , whether for a long or a short time , have made themselves during that time subject to English jurisdiction . |
| 9 | There is also a very important smaller group who have deliberately injured themselves in some way . |
| 10 | Political , economic , and scientific functions had gradually freed themselves from religious control . |
| 11 | It 's crazy , it 's crazy , if only people again 'd sit back and look at it and see exactly what 's happening , rather than saying it serves them right , they should n't of done this , they should n't of got themselves into that position they 're in that position |
| 12 | They 've got themselves into this mess in just nine months . |
| 13 | It is hard to resist the pressure to use them , especially as some nuclear-power generators have tied themselves into long-term reprocessing contracts . |
| 14 | They could n't read or write , but Topaz longed to know about the world in which she lived , learn about strange lands beyond the seas , and the even more puzzling ways of the gaujos who spent their whole time shut up in houses made of bricks or stone , as if they had condemned themselves to perpetual imprisonment . |
| 15 | They were also asked to describe the major characteristics of the groups in which they had found themselves at each point in their time on the terraces . |
| 16 | In the wake of Simeon 's revolt , the adherents of the old Nazarean hierarchy would have found themselves under increasing pressure from three quarters . |
| 17 | Many soon found themselves in long-term debt to richer peasants , particularly in the Famine areas . |
| 18 | Wise Speke analyst John Dean , says : ‘ Whessoe and Varec have been known to one another for some considerable time although given their emphasis on different geographical markets they have rarely found themselves in direct competition . ’ |
| 19 | After he had gone and after they had introduced themselves to each other , David Fairfax said reflectively , " I know that man . |
| 20 | It is the third year the council has run its sports award scheme , aimed at helping Cleveland sportsmen and women who have proved themselves at national level and have real prospects of international success . |
| 21 | Two years later , the selected strategy and its financial implications have proved themselves with little need for modification . |
| 22 | Since battle had been effectively joined last spring , when Major first considered going to the country , the parties had bludgeoned themselves into mutual exhaustion before the final clash of arms . |
| 23 | People have wanted to prove they are not scared of AIDS work and have put themselves under enormous pressure to provide what may well be an impossible service . |
| 24 | Iraqis have quickly reconciled themselves to military defeat , but the real shock of last year has been the gradual realization that defeat has brought poverty . |
| 25 | The Committee who represent or who are affiliated to 15 Catholic Societies , would like names of women who have distinguished themselves in public life or who quietly give great service to their local . |
| 26 | Its sudden reappearance , a product of the uncertain economic times in Eastern Europe , at first seemed easily explained , but whether it was wartime booty or a token of gratitude , whether a museum who may or may not have owned it wanted it back or not , whether it was legally correct or amoral , by putting it up for auction ( and illustrating it on the catalogue cover ) Sotheby 's assured themselves of one thing : whatever they did would be wrong . |
| 27 | Swayed by similar arguments , the governments of the rich countries have now largely deprived themselves of this option . |
| 28 | ‘ The class of lads and young men who spring up in every city ’ , wrote Sir John Gorst in The Children of the Nation ( 1901 ) , ‘ have emancipated themselves from all home influence and restraints . ’ |
| 29 | Today , Upper-Intermediate and Advanced have also established themselves as modern classroom classics . |
| 30 | Rentokil have established themselves in this market through a unique management structure . |