Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [vb pp] themselves " in BNC.
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| 31 | He argued , historically , that he knew ‘ of no period in which the police have had such a loud and didactic public presence , … [ or ] when they have offered themselves as a distinct interest as one of the great ‘ institutions ’ and perhaps the first in the realm ’ . |
| 32 | She smelt of the exhalations of other people 's cigarettes and spilt wine , and she was expansive , with the air of someone who has spent time in the company of her like-minded fellows , not distracted and irritable as people are when they have tired themselves on the trail of trivial knowledge . |
| 33 | They do not only make their way through stuffed and clamoring doorways , but emerge from the unseen bowels of the pub , as though they have held themselves privately for days in the cellar , waiting with bated breath , presenting themselves only as the hour grows ripe . |
| 34 | She was barely seventeen , the youngest of the Three Musketeers , as they had styled themselves long ago ; yet in everything except appearance she might have been at least ten years older . |