Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [vb base] themselves " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frogs and birds pamper themselves with plumes of pampas grass |
| 2 | As was noted , the forms in which relations and attitudes express themselves are largely conventional . |
| 3 | In my garden the yellow Welsh poppy , Meconopsis cambrica , Corydalia lutea , alkanet , the evening primrose , Oenothera perennis , Alchemilla mollis and forget-me-nots seed themselves freely around . |
| 4 | These are practical sessions where students and tutors prepare themselves for work with children in the second half of the term . |
| 5 | Their leaves , stems and branches orientate themselves to the light , while their roots seek out minerals and water . |
| 6 | Gould said : ‘ Players pick themselves and players drop themselves . ’ |
| 7 | There is a particularly fine example in the last pas de deux of La Fille Mal Gardée where Lise and Colas weave themselves into an embrace which is so tender , gentle and loving that it arrives at the end of a phrase as the most natural thing in the world . |
| 8 | It can and will work , but only if heads and governors involve themselves in a true partnership based on mutual trust , respect and understanding . |
| 9 | All this while helping your family and friends enjoy themselves this year . |
| 10 | Surely if the courts and lawyers limit themselves to medical criteria as justifying their sex classification system , they must follow expert opinion . |
| 11 | Several pests and diseases manifest themselves upon aquatic plants . |
| 12 | It is not helpful to lay down hard and fast rules : judges and juries place themselves ( without very much difficulty ) in the position of " right-thinking members of society " , and ask themselves whether they think the statement would injure the plaintiff 's reputation . |
| 13 | For many feminists resist the relativist conclusion in this case to demand that both women and men shake themselves free of their conditioning . |
| 14 | Now any adequate account of self needs to be able , I think , to encompass and try to make intelligible the ways in which women and men experience themselves . |
| 15 | Quite often the divisional boundaries in the amalgamated force mirror the old , small force boundaries and men define themselves in relation to their early experience with perhaps an inner city ethic , a large-town police style , or in the framework of a more rural situation . |
| 16 | If , as I have tried to demonstrate , the problem of child abuse is itself one dimension or label given to the way problems between children and adults manifest themselves then this should be recognized in practice . |
| 17 | Today men are not in the same way held to represent women : there are two sexes and women represent themselves . |
| 18 | Sunshine three hundred and fifty days a year , and Californians fry themselves under microwaves . |
| 19 | Moths and bugs and spiders conceal themselves in crannies of the bark . |
| 20 | Both the Citadel and VMI consider themselves to be repositories of the southern chivalry and military prowess tested so harshly during the Civil War . |