Example sentences of "[v-ing] themselves in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , if we go so far as to see externalization as inevitably bringing the ego into conflict with reality , then we might conclude that many modern neuroses — perhaps the most severe ones — are likely to become para-psychoses : that is , neurotic conflicts expressing themselves in the language of psychosis . |
| 2 | Alyssia hesitantly walked in , and almost immediately saw her friend by the cash register , looking with interest at a couple of oldish women who had put on some very garish dresses and were inspecting themselves in the mirror . |
| 3 | By October local players were establishing themselves in the City reserves . |
| 4 | Yet Chapman saw that the future of English football ultimately depended on the young , and he was particularly concerned to win youngsters over to soccer and away from rugby , a concern heightened by the fact that his two sow , Ken and Bruce , were distinguishing themselves in the rugby code . |
| 5 | His grip tightened , his fingers burying themselves in the knot of hair at her nape . |
| 6 | ‘ Men of genius and goodness are generally restless in their minds in the present , and this , because they are by a law of their nature unremittingly regarding themselves in the future , and contemplating the possible of moral and intellectual advance towards perfection . ’ |
| 7 | There are loads of Leed supporters in Goole but they seemed to be more i interested in the young kids chucking themselves in the water jump on the running track which was right by the pitch ! |
| 8 | It occurs to me , for example , that given that all we 've heard this afternoon about the fact that a new settlement and again I 'm playing devil 's advocate , that if it were possible to build onto an existing settlement the quality of life of those who lived in the new settlement might in fact be better than if they were , to put it crudely , finding themselves in the middle of a field . |
| 9 | CAB advisers are accustomed to finding themselves in the position of mediators , and although they usually sit comfortably in this role , many dislike the role of mediator between client , Department of Social Security and charity foundations that has been thrust upon them . |
| 10 | Advisers are therefore more often finding themselves in the position of having to tell the client that they can not help in any material way . |
| 11 | The past year has been a vexing time for most research councils finding themselves in the situation of having to reduce their volume of activity within a failing budget . |
| 12 | Agencies who intervene are in danger of finding themselves in the role of persecutors ! |
| 13 | Lads like Gregan , Sunley and Isaacs are all putting themselves in the shop window , and some day a big club will come and get them . |
| 14 | The men had been dead for at least a week and speculation is mounting that they had suffocated after locking themselves in the container . |
| 15 | They had wondered about concealing themselves in the shop itself , in the recess possibly , but had decided not to risk it . |
| 16 | The British penchant for shooting themselves in the foot emerged again when officials decided that professionals who resided and worked outside Britain were ineligible to play , although they qualified by birth . |
| 17 | Businesses , says the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising in its press ads , are shooting themselves in the foot by not advertising in the recession . |
| 18 | BANKS seem to have become experts at shooting themselves in the foot . |