Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] themselves [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He refers to symbols as pointing beyond themselves to the Ultimate while at the same time partaking of the nature of that to which they point . |
| 2 | The 2/2 Independent Company could now fulfil this role because they had remained a cohesive force , not just as a result of their training and leadership but in no small measure because these were men used to living in dry country and capable of fending for themselves in the basic departments of survival . |
| 3 | And the danger presumably is that the surpluses we were having our discussion and debate about earlier on , those surpluses that and I do understand why you feel the pensioners should benefit from their surplus , but it the reality is that the employers and possibly the pensioners are currently arguing amongst themselves for the benefit of those surpluses , but in fact one of the significant contributors is often the deferred pensioners |
| 4 | Boro must find self-motivation at unfashionable Southend after playing above themselves in the Rumbelows Cup semi-final at Manchester United in midweek . |
| 5 | From the moment children become active they seem to be falling over themselves in the pursuit of adventure . |
| 6 | From the moment children become active they seem to be falling over themselves in the pursuit of adventure . |
| 7 | But if apprenticeship was to work as its devisers hoped it relied upon the interest of freedmen in working for themselves in the time they were allotted and their generosity if their work for their former masters was to be energetic . |
| 8 | They would then have an incentive to seek out wild foods when foraging for themselves during the day . |