Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] themselves [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what course of action would the Mozambican journalists who criticize their government 's policies ( Political puzzles ) take if they suddenly found themselves in the hot-seat of a country in chaos ? |
| 2 | They totally dissociated themselves from the Rowdies , who they thought of as kids , who , by mouthing off all the time , started trouble which was left to them to finish off . |
| 3 | They also amused themselves with the speculation that their ancestor had escaped from the Titanic in women 's clothing . |
| 4 | During the weeks before the project began , their main tasks were , firstly , informing themselves about dementia and the needs of dementia sufferers and their relatives ( by reading , by talking to service-providers , dementia sufferers and their carers , and by visiting other similar care initiatives such as those in Liverpool and Oxford ) ; they also informed themselves about the action areas where they would be working ( finding out where the elderly people lived , what services were available , the individuals who provided them ) ; secondly , they informed others about the new project by visiting social services department teams , health authority staff , voluntary organisations , and general practitioners . |
| 5 | They carefully distanced themselves from the dirty work , but did n't hesitate to employ his services . |
| 6 | Putting it in different words , the trick was not applied to the appellants ; they voluntarily applied themselves to the trick . |