Example sentences of "[verb] when they [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hodge and those around him believed Syngman Rhee should be encouraged and believed he could be controlled ; they were later to regret having aided Rhee 's ambitions to the extent that they had done when they found themselves exposed to Rhee 's mordant censure . |
| 2 | This is the date England had originally set aside for a friendly against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin but which both Robson and Jack Charlton agreed to abandon when they found themselves paired in the same World Cup group . |
| 3 | The turtle technique is a simple self-control technique children can be taught to use when they feel themselves becoming tense or angry . |
| 4 | And they apply what they have extracted when they talk themselves ( see Maratsos , 1983 ) . |
| 5 | She broke off abruptly , as they always did when they felt themselves nearing the forbidden topic . |
| 6 | There only 3 places off the bottom and the drop into the non-league world and there was just one minute to go when they saved themselves in this match . |
| 7 | Josiah Wedgwood may have boasted his intent of " making such machines of men as can not err " but he could not nail his potters to the floor and was left to fume when they absented themselves for the local " wakes " . |