Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] ourselves [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should take them at their word and hold them to it , rather than resign ourselves to the judgment that they have been lying . |
| 2 | ‘ I guess some of us ‘ types ’ have better things to do with our lives than dedicate ourselves to the attraction of the opposite sex . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We all of us have something better to do than concern ourselves with the tantrums of servants ! ’ |
| 4 | Too easily we stand still and pat ourselves on the back ; before long we are losing ground . |
| 5 | We scrambled up the track and found ourselves beside the inevitable little mountain railway . |
| 6 | Me and Sam missed our way and found ourselves on the edge of Foxton Mire . |
| 7 | Jim Crow laws dictated that we all sit up in the coloured balcony , so we followed Earl up the stairs of the separate entrance , located to the right of the box office , and found ourselves in the highest tier of the auditorium . |
| 8 | So what I propose is that we put the notion of happiness back in its box and restrict ourselves to the word ‘ happy ’ , which people do in fact use in everyday circumstances . |
| 9 | We , we ca n't stand there in front of members and put ourselves in the firing line if we do n't know the answers to their questions . |
| 10 | Then we slipped into the kitchen , got up on the sink , and hauled ourselves into the little attic . |
| 11 | I thought if I could get one or two put up , it 'd be a miniature Stonehenge ; call it Southmoorhenge and get ourselves on the map . |
| 12 | We rededicate and commit ourselves to the highest standards in communication as we endeavour to work for a more just , viable and sustainable society now , and in the future . |
| 13 | Come that we might see you in the people of every race , and commit ourselves to the hope that we celebrate our life together in true community and justice . |
| 14 | With free arms we could move more and brace ourselves against the bumps on the road . |
| 15 | We swam in the lake and sunned ourselves on the lawn among the flowering magnolias . |
| 16 | What I want to do is try and find out , we 'll try and put ourselves in the criminal 's er position and then s see how we go about breaking into a house . |
| 17 | The bubbling notes of a female cuckoo rang out as , rounding a bend and finding ourselves with the sea again in view , we settled to picnic . |
| 18 | ‘ The film will feature interviews with victims of male aggression in Ireland , Nicaragua , Palestine and Hackney , focusing on the need for women everywhere to join hands and liberate ourselves from the yoke of anti-female oppression , ’ said the letter . |
| 19 | We would brave the icy blast , stagger down the hill and stuff ourselves to the gills with scrambled or poached eggs on buttery toast , or light-as-air omelettes , followed by giant sized mugs of good , strong tea and thick slices of bread and farm butter , all priced to suit the hard-up airman 's pocket . |
| 20 | And kill them , you say , and help ourselves to the great burrow ? |
| 21 | A. There are , but we 've been in this business for nearly 200 years and pride ourselves in the fact that we have probably dealt with every known problem that has ever arisen . |
| 22 | The type of sampling used in the five community studies is quotasampling , and our main concern is not to claim absolute representativeness for the whole city , but to guard ourselves against the accusation that our informants might be hand-picked from amongst friends and neighbours — or , worse , from our students . |
| 23 | Let us for the time being not take a stand on this issue but address ourselves to the whole phenomenon in its strong sense . |