Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinking of the faith as though it were a philosophical position , and of those who had come to preach to them as if they were travelling intellectuals , led the Corinthians to imagine themselves as judges between the various emphases they heard . |
| 2 | There was fighting in the gangways and a young girl beat the bouncers to throw herself at his feet . |
| 3 | In school — a view amplified by Eraut ( 1991 ) — information technology ( IT ) above all helped the pupils to see themselves . |
| 4 | At the end of an outdoor games session Roger encouraged the pupils to risk themselves by attempting to catch a cricket ball he would throw into the air . |
| 5 | For the first time , he allowed the features to assemble themselves into a face . |
| 6 | Born Jan Ludwig Hoch , the son of a Czech labourer , Robert Maxwell escaped the Nazis to distinguish himself in the British Army . |
| 7 | After heated debate and repeated votes , Gorbachev succeeded in pushing through the legislation , which effectively meant the deputies voting themselves out of office . |
| 8 | So seriously indeed did the Residents take themselves that they were unwilling at first even to allow the stationing of subordinate European officers in the districts . |
| 9 | Only then did the boys stir themselves , to stop the girls from grabbing everything . |
| 10 | Spokeswoman Mrs Margaret Fick , one of 70 Second World War veterans who took part in the march , said the pensioners had themselves launched into ‘ Trojan ’ fundraising efforts . |
| 11 | A spokesman for the British UN forces in Vitez said the men gave themselves up into their protection after making their way from Travnik , where they had been held . |
| 12 | Blocked mobility into consultant grades forced the GPs to organise themselves through the Royal College of General Practitioners . |
| 13 | She considered the contents to assure herself there was nothing with which she was unfamiliar . |