Example sentences of "who [vb base] themselves [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's still the strong possibility you might find yourself in court over your actions this weekend , and I can tell you that judges take a poor view of women who imagine themselves potential victims . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , within the group of patients who injure themselves three subgroups can be discerned . |
| 3 | The ‘ working class ’ collectivity is , in a sense , centred on manual industrial labour , at least for the adult male members of working class families , although ( a ) by no means all people who consider themselves working class are employed in that sphere and ( b ) a not insignificant minority of people employed in that sphere do not consider themselves working class . |
| 4 | George said : ‘ I think this should be a lesson to directors who give themselves massive pay rises . |
| 5 | At one of the soup kitchens near the Kursk Railway station , respectable office workers rub shoulders with alcoholics and young army conscripts , who find themselves unlikely companions in poverty . |
| 6 | ‘ People who call themselves financial advisers , yacht brokers , design consultants , even journalists . |
| 7 | We have no responsibility for what he called the hippy drop outs , who call themselves new age travellers . |
| 8 | ‘ People who call themselves gay Christians ’ were undermining the gospel . |