Example sentences of "[vb pp] themselves in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such men and women were only permitted to enter the Temple after they had purified themselves in a special ritual bath , a specifically constructed natural gathering of water . |
| 2 | Indeed , successful environmental scanning draws attention to possible changes and events well before they have revealed themselves in a discernible manner . |
| 3 | Now has anybody actually got themselves in a total mess ? |
| 4 | He hopes the meeting will help him and like-minded clergy who 've found themselves in a religious dilemma . |
| 5 | Or worse : they might have found themselves in a tit-for-tat war with DeVore 's lieutenants . |
| 6 | Having put themselves in an extraordinary environment , which nevertheless feels so homely and ordinary , the members occasionally come into contact with wider , more powerful and less homely influences . |
| 7 | Perhaps Hincmar 's silence here was tactful , since Charles the Bald 's sons had not distinguished themselves in the traditional roles . |
| 8 | Had it not been for the psychic tracer , they must surely have lost themselves in the labyrinthine entrails of what was not one vessel but many , some of these enormous in their own right . |
| 9 | He said that leadership had been shown and the members had conducted themselves in a disciplined manner with pride and dignity . |
| 10 | Only the Japanese — at 8,000 the largest single contingent in the initial force — were reported to have conducted themselves in an honourable fashion . |
| 11 | From Eddie Murphy to Richard Pryor , black American comedians have established themselves in the comic maintstream . |
| 12 | One day everyone was laughing and singing in the Delhi gardens , covering each other with pink powder and coloured Holi-water ; the next they had imprisoned themselves in the silent air-conditioned purdah of their bedrooms and offices , waiting patiently for the reprieve of evening . |