Example sentences of "had [verb] themselves [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other reports said up to a dozen wanted people had given themselves up in Tulkarm . |
| 2 | In that time , its geography had changed little , the only difference being that more and more houses had squeezed themselves on to the mound of detritus that had built up over generations to form the hill on which the city squatted , above the highest level of flood the river could attain . |
| 3 | It is in any case debatable whether the College could have survived in the face of such rapid growth in the private sector ; their lawsuits against usurping trade diminished once they realized that they had priced themselves out of the market and had little extra to offer than the trade apart from kudos and tradition . |
| 4 | But whereas Spiegelman 's had evolved by ‘ degeneration ’ from naturally occurring , larger , Q-beta viral RNA , those of the Eigen group had built themselves up from almost nothing . |
| 5 | Sir Hector explained that the French representatives had found themselves out on a limb when they called for an increase in import charges . |
| 6 | In this area a number of small clothing-manufacturers had set themselves up since the war , migrating out from the East End of London . |
| 7 | With their curiosity satisfied and the music too slow to be interesting , Wayne and Sandy had taken themselves out into the gardens to cool off . |