Example sentences of "be [verb] themselves [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the news of investment in programmes worried staff at both stations are bracing themselves for cost cutting and job losses . |
| 2 | Another possibility is that , by looking like a hawk , cuckoos are protecting themselves from predation — a hawk is less likely to attack another hawk than some other , easier prey . |
| 3 | What there is evidence of , however , is the hardship that some auditing firms are causing themselves by feeling forced to put in dangerously over-competitive bids . |
| 4 | PUPILS are selling themselves into slavery this week in a bid to raise money for a worthy cause . |
| 5 | around or over the world in 30 days of driving … that 's the dream of two local motoring enthusiasts who are taking their old morgan car on the longest … the toughest rally of them all … they 've been getting themselves into gear in the Malverns and we 're off there to join them for our Friday feature |
| 6 | The line operates every Tuesday and gets dozens of calls , because , despite the fact that there have been fewer home repossessions over the last few months , the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux say that more people are getting themselves into debt . |
| 7 | All proceeds from this charter , which the locomotive owners are running themselves by courtesy of NSE , will go to ensure the continued main line career of Taw Valley . |
| 8 | Bisexual women ( who have sex with both women and men ) may be putting themselves at risk if they have unsafe sex with male partners . |
| 9 | The more we keep them down , the less of them there 'll be to get themselves into trouble . ’ |
| 10 | Only now his charges seemed to be settling themselves into occupation , having forgotten the urgent purpose of their return to London . |
| 11 | They know they are drinking themselves to death and in such an instance the social worker has no legal powers to intervene . |
| 12 | They could also tip over a small boat — so these people are putting themselves in danger as well . ’ |
| 13 | It dealt with something about which I had been writing to Social Security Ministers for about six months — abuse of the benefit-in-kind regulations , whereby highly paid people were paying themselves in gilt unit trusts . |
| 14 | They had demolished Leeds in such a pyschologically damaging fashion on Saturday at Maine Road that Howard Wilkinson 's side were steeling themselves for disappointment . |
| 15 | The initial record of all food and drink consumed for a week helped us to see if our clients were depriving themselves of food for long periods and if they were eating balanced meals . |
| 16 | ( It is surprising to read in the Veterinarian of 1841 an article on the diseases of cats , and still more surprising to see the statement in the issue of 1850 that many practitioners were restricting themselves to dog practice ) . |
| 17 | At a time when we have child prostitution in our child children 's homes , Labour Councillors are entertaining themselves to sun sand and sangria in exotic foreign locations and in conclusion I would like to make just one comment , that this episode brings to mind a famous quotation in circles . |
| 18 | YOUNGSTERS are gorging themselves on junk food — eating up to EIGHT snacks a day . |
| 19 | Elena Pinguli and Mentor Belalla , both 17 , are the first Albanians to be allowed to study abroad for 50 years and are throwing themselves into college life with typical Albanian verve . |
| 20 | As Adam Woolf of Crisis explains : ‘ Our perception is that everyone else is enjoying themselves at Christmas with roast turkey , mince pies and pudding . |
| 21 | However , even if it is a small field , all they have really learned is to position themselves by habit , using the local landmarks to help . |
| 22 | One reason doctors take temperatures is to cover themselves against negligence claims , although doctors ' legal defence bodies say there have been no such cases . |