Example sentences of "[vb past] themselves in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Swedes helped themselves in 1648 and Josef II held a number of spectacularly philistine art auctions at the end of the 18C . |
| 2 | Here 's now nine of the applicants ( one of the places is still being decided ) described themselves in their applications , together with some of their concerns , interests and plans for the future . |
| 3 | Computer hardware companies , such as Apple and Compaq , found themselves in this position , as did their software counterparts Microsoft , Lotus and Ashton-Tate . |
| 4 | Those who in peacetime seemed brave or merely quaint for believing in all those old doctrines found themselves in wartime much in demand , some as evangelists , some as prophets , some as teachers . |
| 5 | The previous fifty years had provided so many alternative and revolutionary styles , that architects and clients alike often found themselves in a quandry as to which to go for . |
| 6 | When Adenauer took over domestic administration from the occupying forces in 1949 , an estimated seven million of those found themselves in the new Republic . |
| 7 | The people which only a few years previously had committed brutal genocide and waged a terrible war of destruction suddenly found themselves in the role of the great advocate of justice . |
| 8 | Since previous to the revolution the majority of women had very low levels of education and , therefore , few opportunities open to them , the FMC embarked on an educational program and a rehabilitation scheme for the many women who found themselves in degrading and unrewarding situations . |
| 9 | They pushed through the door , and found themselves in a big general office . |
| 10 | But when in the early summer the Palestinians appeared on the slopes of Mount Sannine and the Christians found themselves in danger of total defeat , a Syrian military intervention in Lebanon became certain . |
| 11 | Anyone who sought to translate their feelings into political activity soon found themselves in jail . |
| 12 | Members who had been earlier supporters of television were confirmed in their views ; those who had been uncertain found themselves in favour ; several original opponents became supporters . |
| 13 | Traffic began to peter out and they found themselves in the middle of extensive minefields . |
| 14 | With their album completed and , due to legal problems , on ice , The Smiths found themselves in a state of dangerous inactivity . |
| 15 | Yet another court case would loom from this situation although , for once , it was The Smiths who found themselves in the receiving end . |
| 16 | Following the Exodus from Egypt and the Settlement in Canaan in the latter part of the second millennium BC , the Jews found themselves in a region which was on the main line of communication between Egypt and Babylonia . |
| 17 | With the slump in building work , the market forces reversed and contractors found themselves in a fiercely competitive market with tenders very keenly priced . |
| 18 | Roland had been a warrior at war ; the knights of the Round Table found themselves in every possible , and impossible , situation . |
| 19 | The refugee organisations now found themselves in a difficult position . |
| 20 | Many refugees found themselves in the same position . |
| 21 | Overall assessment : Look , those press vultures are always being beastly about Fergie , which is jolly unfair because she ca n't answer back and she 's only doing what any perfectly normal gel would do if they found themselves in her shoes , OK ? |
| 22 | as if in a corny love story , they found themselves in each other 's arms . |
| 23 | This was precisely the situation in which Charles and Elizabeth found themselves in 1772 ; and we may surmise that they did what brother John was to do later — in the absence of Thomas the Calvinist , who had died just over a year previously , they honoured Charles 's elder brother William by making him the godfather and giving the child his Christian name . |
| 24 | Thus from the beginning the community in Donegal found themselves in opposition to state policy when they raised questions over the implications of uranium prospecting and mining . |
| 25 | They also found themselves in opposition to certain local commercial interests as a fair number of shares in the mining company had been sold to people in the area , and thus certain local people had a vested interest in mining going ahead . |
| 26 | Lord Mountbatten first swam into my ken in 1940 when his destroyer , the Kelly and mine , the Tartar , found themselves in company with the fleet the day after the German invasion of Norway ; and from then on , throughout the war and after , I viewed his various exploits with admiration . |
| 27 | When broadcasters were promoted they found themselves in administrative posts : talented people were rewarded with jobs which meant that they broadcast no longer . |
| 28 | Soon , however , they found themselves in a nightmare situation for although they were walking towards the train they seemed to get no nearer to it . |
| 29 | As they drove towards their refuge , they found themselves in a large station yard , now overgrown with weeds and bramble bushes and obviously derelict . |
| 30 | They jogged round a corner , and found themselves in what passed for the town square of Dead Rat , Arizona . |