Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] give themselves " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the result — 373 votes for , 12 against — flashed up on the black and green computer screens at either end of the chamber , the assembled deputies gave themselves a short , self-congratulatory round of applause . |
| 2 | Two Palestinians were shot dead in clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied territories yesterday as wanted Arabs gave themselves up for fear of being shot by undercover squads . |
| 3 | It was to be 24 days before the last hard-core protesters gave themselves up . |
| 4 | She was a piano teacher ( most piano teachers give themselves the title Madam in South Wales ) , and the food was as tasteless as any I had encountered . |
| 5 | But the siege ended peacefully after two unarmed men gave themselves up . |
| 6 | as if to confirm that they had rejected the old emphasis on local political organizations , the new studies gave themselves a new title . |