Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [vb past] themselves " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Confederation of British Industry after examining the extra work for employers described themselves as ‘ horrified ’ at the thought of LIT ( Layfield 1976 , App 8:249 ) . |
| 2 | During fierce street fighting around the temple of Myrmidia , the warrior goddess of Estalia , a group of knights found themselves surrounded by the dreaded Black Guard led by Emir Wasr the Cruel . |
| 3 | In 1974 23% of teenagers described themselves as daily smokers . |
| 4 | A relay of tapes filled themselves in the machines on the table beside them . |
| 5 | A company of porcupines crowded themselves together one cold winter 's day so as to profit from one another 's warmth and so save themselves from being frozen to death . |
| 6 | Overall 15 per cent of adult females and 12 per cent of males defined themselves as carers . |
| 7 | A lot of girls compromised themselves a great deal more than I did . ’ |
| 8 | Last season , an overwhelming number of players declared themselves unavailable for the competition , a sure indicator that they set little score on the provincial matches and they think the national selectors do likewise . |
| 9 | A pair of slaves threw themselves against the doors , closing them . |
| 10 | But , although they defended free trade against Joseph Chamberlain and the Tariff Reformers , most of the leading Liberal politicians and an influential minority of socialists accommodated themselves to the underlying assumptions of the new imperialism . |
| 11 | A number of Whigs showed themselves prepared to collaborate with James . |
| 12 | Cherishing the dream of returning to their homelands , the first generation of Muslims held themselves aloof from British politics . |
| 13 | The arsenic is now on its way elsewhere , nor is the shake-up ending there , as dumps all over Europe have by turns found themselves at the end of the latest ‘ lead ’ . |