Example sentences of "[verb] themselves more " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1970s it used to be said that the British paid themselves more than they really earned . |
| 2 | Over here , it 's MCA who have shown themselves more than keen to clutch them to the corporate breast , and have consequently raised the stakes uncomfortably high for a band who readily confess to their ignorance of this caper 's day-by-day dealings . |
| 3 | Surprisingly , in the last decades is that literary studies , perhaps especially classical studies , which may seem to be at the other extreme of the academic spectrum from the sciences , have shown themselves more self confident in the use of computers than history has done , even though history is closer to the social sciences which have for long been acclimatized to quantification and computerization . |
| 4 | SPACE SUCCESS : St Simon 's School at Hazel Grove launched their ‘ Space Venture ’ to raise money to give themselves more space in the school — a new mobile classroom . |
| 5 | Then the courts interpret such phrases so as to give themselves more or less control as they wish . |
| 6 | The assembled heads of government , under CARICOM 's new chair , Patrick Manning , the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago , agreed to reconvene on Oct. 28-30 to give themselves more time to study the wide-ranging recommendations of the West Indian Commission , created in November 1989 , which on June 18 had released a major 600-page report on the region 's future . |
| 7 | Logically , they 've singed to Motown Mary 's home and having proved themselves more than an intelligent East Coast dance act , they 're series contenders in the face to return the lustre to soul 's tarnished crown . |
| 8 | But I do n't think they can go voting themselves more money whilst the rest of us have trouble in finding work . |
| 9 | Their safety had not increased one little bit granted , they were more comfortable and granted , they were enjoying themselves more , they felt better , but they were no safer . |