Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [verb] themselves [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Community Care Grants are to enable people to establish or maintain themselves in the community rather than having to be in hospitals , nursing homes and residential care homes etc . |
| 2 | The effects of the Great Depression and a renewed possibility of war in Europe in the 1930s made most Americans all the more determined to isolate and insulate themselves from the quarrels and atavism of the nations of Europe . |
| 3 | What they must do is relearn to choose and commit themselves to the consequences of their choice . |
| 4 | Through the manipulation of doles in times of dearth , the putting up of prizes for sports and the supplying of beer for calendrical and special festivities , together with an elaborate and conscious " social theatre " of ceremony , the gentry were able to rule and distance themselves from the consequences of their own exploitation . |
| 5 | In the second account , Jesus told them to go and show themselves to the priests , and while they were on their way they discovered they were cured . |
| 6 | For now , the Strongs wil just have to wait and prepare themselves for the next weekend that Purcell comes home . |
| 7 | Tenants who refuse to accept leases are given notice to quit and find themselves on the streets after years of loyal service . |
| 8 | Infants become water-friendly through songs and exercises ; for example , floating toys encourage the children to stretch and pull themselves through the water . |
| 9 | Those who were too shy or too inexperienced to pray on those occasions would meet together on a Saturday night to read , to pray and to prepare themselves for the following Sabbath day . |