Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [verb] themselves " in BNC.
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| 1 | To her amusement , two black-cloaked figures in full face masks and tricorn hats detached themselves from a group on a parapet and arranged themselves in exaggerated attitudes of extreme sorrow , one studying a rose , the other a silver mirror . |
| 2 | — helping clients to wash themselves , toileting and dealing with incontinence |
| 3 | The importance of such skills in enabling school-leavers to present themselves with confidence and to function effectively within the world of work and as responsible citizens is clear . |
| 4 | This method was duplicated precisely in Stalin 's Russia , in which children who had betrayed their parents were celebrated , and where the secret service set up its own subversive societies to encourage traitors to show themselves . |
| 5 | But as a party and as a government we have a duty to encourage families to better themselves and discourage dependency . ’ |
| 6 | The earliest shows in both the US ( Jack Benny , Phil Silvers ) and the UK ( Dickie Henderson , Eric Sykes , Tony Hancock ) involved stars playing themselves . |
| 7 | There is no need for the whole group to watch playback sessions — it is a much better use of time to train teachers to monitor themselves and to consult their tutor when they feel the need for it . |
| 8 | After all , we expect cuts to heal themselves , broken bones to knit , colds to clear . |
| 9 | It will show that , while older people organized themselves into pressure groups and old age itself became an increasingly attractive political issue , ultimately the organizations representing pensioners found themselves powerless to combat the notion that enforced retirement should become the normal experience for older people . |
| 10 | Cigarette filters are designed to trap some of the tar and nicotine enabling smokers to wean themselves off cigarettes gradually . |
| 11 | GREAT Portland Estates boss Richard Peskin is warning shareholders to brace themselves for a dividend cut next year . |
| 12 | Such a plan allows schools to manage themselves more democratically and to keep the curriculum as the major focus . |
| 13 | It is generally recognised at Community level that it is both inequitable and contrary to the objectives of a single market for certain firms in the Community to be immune from the commercial benefits and burdens of being taken over or to be able artificially to create methods to defend themselves from takeovers , while firms from other member states remain vulnerable . |
| 14 | How exactly might mutually resembling individuals find themselves clustered together , in local aggregations ? |
| 15 | There are presses which are strictly private in the Carter sense , operating in anything from a back kitchen to a fully equipped shop , perhaps content simply to joy in the smell of printer 's ink and the magic of creation , without aiming to sell a single book ; publishing firms calling themselves presses who rightly pride themselves on the high quality of their output ; commercial printers who are equally jealous of the standard of their press work ; teaching establishments attached to universities , colleges and schools for experimental and training purposes ; official presses , controlled by governmental or other agencies ; fugitive and clandestine presses , often short-lived and hazardously operated , because of an adverse political or religious climate , or because their owners are dodging copyright laws ; and there is a hotch-potch of firms who pretentiously arrogate to themselves the word ‘ press ’ , to which they have little or no right in terms of either fine printing or independence . |
| 16 | Here is the reality of the European idea' : a Community whose finest administrative minds devote themselves to deciding whether a carrot is a vegetable or a fruit , whose political leaders discuss not so much ambitious as fantastic plans for military integration — and which can not in practice prevent Europeans tearing themselves to pieces and destroying part of what it is not exaggerated to call our European heritage . ’ |
| 17 | He had never seen Englishmen get themselves into such a state before ; they looked more like untouchables . |
| 18 | An AA Roadwatch spokesman warned of ‘ bedlam ’ on all main routes into London and advised travellers to help themselves by allowing extra time for journeys and sharing cars if possible . |
| 19 | Indeed , Dorinda now advises other women to recognize that beauty can not be made to last , and Leapor closes the poem urging women to improve themselves spiritually so that old age will be satisfying : |
| 20 | Yet sterling 's stable performance , another slight easing of money market rates , rampant rumours of a favourable opinion poll and a firm performance among government issues all converged to tempt in the odd overseas bargain hunter , helping dealers convince themselves that the world is not about to come to an abrupt halt after all . |
| 21 | With the passage of time , however , the owning institutions have themselves grown to the point where the costs and risks are something they can manage for themselves , at which point the freedom and other advantages of sole ownership have taken over . |
| 22 | The need to prepare schools and help to help schools prepare themselves for the erm review of the national curriculum the changes that they will have to deal with and in particular I think , erm to help secondary schools to come to terms with changes in key stage four and the likely erm opportunities there will be for a more diverse curriculum including eventually er the opportunities for more vocational programmes in schools and to assist schools |
| 23 | The shock of decline has induced Britons to ask themselves a question first posed by Enoch Powell : What kind of people are we ? |
| 24 | Although trenches had been constructed on a limited scale in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–5 , they became a significant factor in warfare only in World War I. By the end of 1914 , the conflict had developed into what amounted to a siege and both Allied and German soldiers dug trenches to protect themselves from enemy small-arms and machine-gun fire . |
| 25 | Some partners , unsure of their lovability , may use affairs to get themselves reclaimed by their partner . |
| 26 | An honest ‘ airing ’ may entail managers putting themselves on the line for criticism as it is clear that the inefficiency of a manager can in itself be a cause for tension in a bureau . |
| 27 | Fixing prices to keep themselves afloat is yet another insult to the public who , without choice , have subsidised this industry . |
| 28 | And all this is just part of a programme that seeks to help women help themselves . |
| 29 | At the same time , however , leading actors find themselves confronting , and responding to , those very same images that they help create . |
| 30 | Democrats , whilst welcoming Bush 's retreat on the tax issue , argued that it was unreasonable to expect Democrats to associate themselves with spending cuts and tax increases , if they could not be certain that the President could hold his own party to such a deal . |