Example sentences of "[vb base] themselves [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although in general the evidence suggests that it is usually the man 's retirement that provokes most friction , this may change as more of today 's working wives turn sixty and find themselves facing the same need to make difficult adjustments . |
| 2 | The warblers ' own young are turfed out of the deeply cupped reed nest by the cuckoo chick soon after it hatches and the foster parents find themselves feeding an enormous monster with a huge red gape and insatiable appetite — a monster which will eventually grow to three times their size . |
| 3 | Whereas lower-class juvenile delinquents find themselves confronting a legal system which has literally declared war against them , upper-class corporate officials find a legal system which is either at , or on their side ; for the most part it is unwilling and if not , unable even to guarantee compensation for the victims of corporate crime let alone to contain and control the crime itself . |
| 4 | Visitors to Hannover soon find themselves crossing a painted red line meandering across pavements and squares . |
| 5 | The new republics also foresee themselves playing a key role as trading intermediaries between the new CIS and the West . |