Example sentences of "[vb pp] themselves [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nearest neighbours of Ben Nevis , Carn Mor Dearg and Aonach Beag , both have summits above the 4000 mark ; to another of the group , Aonach Mor , the Ordnance Survey rather churlishly ascribes a height of 3999 only , a tribute to their meticulous accuracy but a pity they could not have permitted themselves a slight error of twelve inches . |
| 2 | By the time the last participant cruised into Las Palmas the crew of Eevin had earned themselves an affectionate notoriety . |
| 3 | Costs have got themselves a terrible name , mainly because narrow-minded finance people have concentrated on reducing them in an effort to increase profit . |
| 4 | Firstly , there was the bare fact that two London East Enders , both of whom had left school at fifteen and were quite untutored in writing , had felt so passionately about their situation that , in different prisons and unknown to each other , they had each set themselves the daunting task of writing the equivalent of full-length books . |
| 5 | Mr. Barnes ' affidavit quoted above showed beyond question , he submitted , that the Bank of England had asked themselves the right question ( paragraph 9 ) and that they did indeed require the production of the documents reasonably for the purposes of their own domestic supervision ( paragraphs 8 , 10 and 13 ) . |
| 6 | Other executives had already asked themselves the same question . |
| 7 | I strongly recommend that we leave such arduous duties to your two companions , who will undoubtedly have asked themselves the same question . ’ |
| 8 | The argument was both flattering and convenient — so convenient that the middle classes were inclined to take it over from the aristocrats ( who had long fancied themselves a superior race ) for internal as well as international purposes : the poor were poor because they were biologically inferior and conversely , if citizens belonged to ‘ lower races ’ , it was no wonder that they stayed poor and backward . |
| 9 | North , second in the table and also undefeated , have given themselves a great chance of pulling off a win which will close the gap at the top . |
| 10 | The privatised boards have given themselves an inbuilt incentive to exploit their monopoly position . |
| 11 | Royle refused , so City and Swales , having dug themselves a large hole , returned to Kendall and agreed to his terms . |
| 12 | Royle refused , so City and Swales , having dug themselves a large hole , returned to Kendall and agreed to his terms . |