Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] themselves [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition it is hard for people who are becoming bitter and negative to see what is happening to themselves without incurring further guilt or self-dislike . |
| 2 | The business-inclined Whigs believed that victory in Europe would automatically secure our overseas interests : the land-owning Tories , with their traditional dislike of the high taxation needed to pay for a standing army , sought to achieve the same ends with peripheral maritime operations , carried out by the Navy , which could largely pay for themselves by taking other powers ' colonies and trading posts . |
| 3 | And they laughed at themselves for believing such an unlikely story . |
| 4 | C , play with themselves before going to sleep ? |
| 5 | All people at work are covered by the Order , whether they are employed by others , are in a managerial capacity , or work for themselves without employing others . |