Example sentences of "[to-vb] themselves [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They need to find themselves a decent bloke , ’ said William 's nan once , presumably meaning four decent blokes as she was not a great advocate of polygamy . |
| 2 | Men lift their ponchos over one shoulder to give themselves a free arm . |
| 3 | Both the CDU and the SPD sought to give themselves a mass membership , a national organisation and wide popular appeal , though the CDU at first proved far better at fulfilling the last aim . |
| 4 | In the 19th Century the working classes , exasperated by their plight and the lack of initiative of their employers , formed into trades unions to give themselves the corporate strength which individuals lacked . |
| 5 | With the approach to independence , when the game at last was clearly lost , administrators began to permit themselves a certain degree of cynicism about the loyalty of the Masai . |
| 6 | It was their duty to permit themselves a swift handshake and a kindly word to those , less august than themselves , whose long evenings on the ‘ knocker ’ , canvassing for the party , sustained them in the political positions to which they had become all too easily accustomed . |
| 7 | If this knowledge is disseminated widely , and not restricted to already powerful groups , sociology can and must aid members of society to act more knowledgeably , more rationally , with more self-understanding ; it will be a tool aiding people to build themselves a better society . |
| 8 | Life in the rainforest is brutish and short , and most of the Kayan people I spoke to consider themselves a good deal better off than their forefathers — thanks to the logging . |
| 9 | The start of every cricket season causes cricketers of all standards and all ages to ask themselves the basic question , ‘ have I still got the old skills ? |