Example sentences of "[pn reflx] with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With John Cocks cursing the fact that he had not brought his tripod and frustrated by the lack of lighting equipment we had to content ourselves with lunch sans photography . |
| 2 | We 've lost sponsorship for our next exhibition [ on contemporary European architecture ] and we will be putting it up ourselves with students to guard it . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're all beside ourselves with worry . |
| 4 | ‘ We want to ally ourselves with companies that can complement our strengths with leading-edge technology , ’ he said . |
| 5 | 'As you all know , this was to have been a happy occasion , an opportunity for members old and new to join together and indulge ourselves with history in pleasant surroundings , linked in our common interest by the traditions of the Circle . |
| 6 | As adults , however , many of us cripple ourselves with fears of making mistakes , of making a wrong decision , of failing , of feeling embarrassed , of repeating the past . |
| 7 | No , but I know that you 're dying to have a computer , and if money was no object , then we probably would n't hesitate in lending it to you , but really and truly at this moment things are tight and we ca n't afford to commit ourselves with things unless it 's absolutely necessary . |
| 8 | No , but I know that you 're dying to have a computer , and if money was no object , then we probably would n't hesitate in lending it to you , but really and truly at this moment things are tight and we ca n't afford to commit ourselves with things unless it 's absolutely necessary . |
| 9 | As a church do we put ourselves with Jesus on the side of people in need or do we allow ourselves to be paralysed by fear or the temptations of wealth and forget what we would rather not know ? |
| 10 | In the first instance we go to work in order to eat and drink and provide ourselves with shelter . |
| 11 | We become more resistant to change and often surround ourselves with friends who strongly reinforce our own self-images . |
| 12 | but less superficially it is a fact that Christian truth is not to be equated with our formulations of it and we must always satisfy ourselves with pointers to it . |
| 13 | Indeed we have ‘ given the rod ’ to nations which have been better acquainted than ourselves with tyranny and inhumanity . |
| 14 | The Italians welcomed the young prodigy , and an opera commission was quickly arranged , although Leopold was pessimistic about their chances of making any money : ‘ We shall have to content ourselves with admiration and applause instead . ’ |
| 15 | That we are really praying for peace and identifying ourselves with peace struggle in Ireland . |
| 16 | Therefore if we carry ourselves with pride , our self-esteem increases and others will notice . |
| 17 | Panic-stricken , she tried to pull her arm out of his , but her companion ignored her struggles , saying , ‘ Come on , ducks , no need to bovver ourselves with supper ; let's ‘ ave our bit of fun first , ’ and pulled her along into the alley where Dr Neil had found her . |
| 18 | Guilt can also lead us to put a brave face on everything while we overload ourselves with responsibilities and goals . |
| 19 | Every society needs its flawed heroes , and we appear to have saddled ourselves with rock singers and movie stars . |
| 20 | During the day we lay up in the desert , camouflaging ourselves with pieces of hessian sacking against the R.A.F. patrols who were out looking for us from the air . |
| 21 | At Santerre 's insistence we sat and warmed ourselves with possets of hot wine and slices of sugared pastry . |
| 22 | to your house , to numb ourselves with alcohol . |
| 23 | We all surround ourselves with people who share our beliefs so that we feel comfortable , so it 's often the ‘ obvious truths ’ which we most need to question . |
| 24 | This approach allows us to offer a coherent politics , allying ourselves with people 's aspirations while fulfilling our true purpose of advancing the wider and longer-term interests of the whole community . |
| 25 | ‘ Thomas Hardy called this island the isle of slingers in his books because of the way we used to defend ourselves with slings and stones . |
| 26 | First we must once again concern ourselves with method and examine two assumptions which Engels took over from Morgan concerning the significance of kinship terms . |
| 27 | I feel it is now time to put these arrangements on a slightly more formal basis , in particular because we might thus be eligible to affiliate to SCP , and get a start-up grant from them , and possibly from other bodies , to equip ourselves with tools . |
| 28 | Indeed , he is said to have been beside himself with rage and looking to pick a violent quarrel with anyone who happened along . |
| 29 | Mr Wilson , who was still almost beside himself with rage , spoke first . |
| 30 | He glared at me , quite beside himself with rage , and the whole scene seemed so absurd and nothing to do with anything that had really happened , that I began to laugh in a wild , helpless way , snorting through my nose . |