Example sentences of "divide themselves into " in BNC.

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1 The third possibility is that the adjective is a deliberate invitation for the population to divide themselves into ‘ active ’ and ‘ passive ’ citizens .
2 Large successful corporations divide themselves into small companies and operating divisions .
3 " All communities divide themselves into the few and the many .
4 They agree on a system of foraging and divide themselves into the groups they think important .
5 came unto the workmen and beat and terrified them , threatening to kill them , if they would not leave their work , threw some of them in the river and kept them under water with long poles , and at several other times , upon the Knelling of a Bell , came to the said works in riotous and warlike manner , divided themselves into companies , to take the workmen and filled up the ditches and drains , made to carry away the water , burned up the working tools and other materials of the Relator and his workmen , and set up poles in the form of gallows , to terrifie the workmen and threatened to break their arms and legs , and beat and hurt many of them and made others flee away , whom they pursued to a town with such terror and threats , that they were forced to guard the town .
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