Example sentences of "to themselves [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet if the subjects were required to repeat the alphabet to themselves during the task this introduced a bias in gap detection favouring the right visual field . |
| 2 | They added to themselves over the years . |
| 3 | Experts say an analysis of the figures shows women are more likely than men to lie to themselves about the amount they drink . |
| 4 | An essential part of all eel tanks is sliding glass covers , so these were duly closed and the eels left to themselves for the night while I hoped that they were strong enough to survive the constant stress that they had endured over the past thirty-six hours . |
| 5 | This way she can guarantee her customers that they will have all the surrounding thousands of acres of bush totally to themselves for the duration of their stay . |
| 6 | During and following the Gorbachev era there were numerous complaints about the tendency of presidents to arrogate more power to themselves on the grounds that it was a temporary measure to deal with the extremely serious economic and social situation facing the republics . |
| 7 | Children do not listen to themselves in the way that adults ( sometimes ) do . |
| 8 | Country people may well have to look to themselves in the future , and to the skills of men like Dave Dunn . |
| 9 | They avoid making enemies , and so cut down on threats to themselves in the office jungle . |
| 10 | There were only the crickets shrilling away to themselves in the bushes . |