Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We just thought the T-shirts were funny , and we had them done because we were absolutely shitting ourselves about playing . ’ |
| 2 | We just thought the T-shirts were funny , and we had them done because we were absolutely shitting ourselves about playing . ’ |
| 3 | anger at ourselves for taking the job |
| 4 | May we come to respect ourselves for sticking to our principles and living our lives with honesty and integrity . |
| 5 | There are changes we should all make ( if we have not made them already ) that have nothing to do with losing weight but are more to do with equipping ourselves for working at peak performance . |
| 6 | Because nobody understands us , and we hate ourselves for needing to be understood . |
| 7 | No one fully understands the workings of these interlocking systems and we may forgive ourselves for having a sensation of something slipping through our fingers when we try to grasp them — but one thing is certain : the choices we make about the order of the information in discourse reveal our own assumptions about the world and about the people we are trying to communicate with . |
| 8 | ‘ We talked ourselves into believing that those gaunt , tight-lipped men in caps and mufflers were round the corner and tailored our policy to match these imaginary conditions . ’ |
| 9 | In spite of the fact that since the Clean Air Act of 1956 , pollution caused by smoke has been greatly reduced to the benefit of those who live in the cities , we must not fool ourselves into thinking that there is no longer any problem . |
| 10 | I think we proved ourselves with Go To Hell ( a tune written for the movie ‘ Bill And Ted 's Bogus Journey' — NJB ) , which we all played a part in writing . ’ |
| 11 | So far as its origin is concerned , we shall take it as a factor in organic evolution , and shall content ourselves with pointing out certain more primitive features of which it is the natural development . |
| 12 | So , after lunching at one of the excellent local inns , we contented ourselves with making a wide sweep South to the River Dove and back up to the Derwent , — stopping at Castleton which , with its show caves and fluorspar ( Blue John stone ) mines should n't be missed and at Eyam which was so badly ravaged by the pestilence of 1665/6 that it is still known as The Plague Village . |
| 13 | So , after lunching at one of the excellent local inns , we contented ourselves with making a wide sweep South to the River Dove and back up to the Derwent , — stopping at Castleton which , with its show caves and fluorspar ( Blue John stone ) mines should n't be missed and at Eyam which was so badly ravaged by the pestilence of 1665/6 that it is still known as The Plague Village . |
| 14 | The phrase does not indicate that Brahman does not exist , or that we know nothing about Brahman , but that we know that Brahman is so far beyond our understanding that anything we say will be misleading and therefore we must content ourselves with saying neti-neti . |
| 15 | Well I think it , we should er congratulate ourselves in having the European Community as a piece of machinery inside which it 's possible to contain a power the size of Germany . |
| 16 | By defining our problem more clearly we help ourselves in deciding what we are going to do about it . |
| 17 | ‘ We are meeting the goals we have set for ourselves in returning Digital to profitability and growth , ’ said president and chief executive Robert Palmer . |
| 18 | It makes me incredibly angry to think what a brainless , totally impossible , ‘ perfect ’ image of womanhood the media present , and that so many of us , me included , are intelligent but ca n't seem to separate ourselves from wanting those ideals . |
| 19 | There is increasing conflict between the church and state funding and we need to free ourselves from wingeing about the cuts . |
| 20 | Knives are now a standard part of the criminal 's equipment and it is very difficult for us to defend ourselves without going beyond the law , but there are ways — as you will see later . |
| 21 | At Midland , we pride ourselves on establishing long term relationships with our customers . |
| 22 | It occurred to Hobbes that since knowledge , whether systematically developed or not , begins with sense-perception , we should not pride ourselves on knowing much if we do not understand what sense-perception actually is . |
| 23 | We pride ourselves on having secured excellent , often especially upgraded , inflight services for our customers and offer a large number of Saturday departures . |
| 24 | We pride ourselves on having won the propaganda war . |
| 25 | At Adkin we pride ourselves on giving you that help every step of the way . |
| 26 | ‘ We should confine ourselves to maintaining safety and not restrict people 's freedom of expression , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Surely , then , we can confine ourselves to exploring the syntactical properties of such expressions and leave the ontological and epistemological issues , temporarily at least , to one side ? |
| 28 | We should restrict ourselves to trying to understand , and then try to help them expand and develop what they want to say . |
| 29 | We have never committed ourselves to meeting it , no matter how high the rate . |
| 30 | Since there has been such extensive research on both systems we have had to be selective : we have therefore confined ourselves to discussing just one line of work in connection with each . |