Example sentences of "and they [vb past] themselves [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Moors saw this they were greatly amazed ; and they harnessed themselves in Great haste , and came out of their tents . |
| 2 | They were dressed in long dark raincoats and wore dark felt hats and they addressed themselves to my father , ignoring the rest of us . |
| 3 | Sylvia Pye , Chairwoman of Women against Pit Closures , said today : ‘ The women are in good spirits and they barricaded themselves in the cabin . |
| 4 | Traffic began to peter out and they found themselves in the middle of extensive minefields . |
| 5 | Without any coherent sense of direction she turned right again and they found themselves in an almost deserted Portobello Road . |
| 6 | David pushed open one of the french windows and they found themselves in the library . |
| 7 | Marie had no time to think about Bella 's story : the little queue surged forward and they found themselves inside the double doors in a short corridor leading through to the main ward . |
| 8 | Prior to 1979 , most local authorities were Conservative-controlled and they considered themselves to be local authorities , not Governments . |