Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] themselves [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central objective was to establish the kinds of actions and organisations that people typically make for themselves in this kind of social and spatial environment . |
| 2 | They find it very difficult to cook for themselves , shop for themselves and generally look after themselves in all the ways that we would accept as being quite normal . |
| 3 | But many caddies offer a great deal more and look upon themselves as vital components in the professional golfer 's armoury . |
| 4 | game in which the players stand by themselves at different distances ( e.g. one at each corner of a room ) and one other player is placed in the middle . |
| 5 | They gather near her and squabble among themselves with much caterwauling . |
| 6 | The fact that in 1992 only 37 per cent of voters think of themselves as Labour supporters but that on Thursday only 35 per cent actually voted Labour indicates that the party was scarcely able to poll its ‘ core ’ strength . |