Example sentences of "themselves [adv] to their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Urged on by their riders with short metal-tipped bamboo rods , the elephants lowered themselves slowly to their knees , facing towards the throne , and remained kneeling for a minute or two , their trunks curling and swaying in front of them in time with the cacophonous music . |
| 2 | Charles and Diana handed out final happy photographs of themselves together to their staff , though the meal was anything but a show of unity . |
| 3 | Labour MPs are now , of course , thrashing through the business of submitting themselves winsomely to their local parties . |
| 4 | The British music business is extremely competitive and only the bands who are prepared to commit themselves totally to their careers will succeed . |
| 5 | It was the duty of merchants and craftsmen to trade honestly with one another , of husbandmen and artificers to apply themselves diligently to their labours and take pleasure in them , eschewing ostentation as well as hunting and hawking , which were the privileges of the gentry , nor wasting their time and substance in alehouses or playing unlawful games . |
| 6 | Later on this might have led to complaints about the possibility of corruption ; at the time it was simply seen as evidence that politicians were committing themselves fully to their work . |