Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Just go and lose yerself for a week , son .
2 In order to appreciate something which is above and beyond ourselves we have to rid ourselves for a time of our sophistication and , in the words of Jesus Christ , become as little children again .
3 It is time we voted for ourselves for a change .
4 ‘ We never put a variety on the list until we have grown it ourselves for a year . ’
5 We 'll go down again now , but let's keep to ourselves for a while . "
6 ‘ I 'd prefer to keep our secret to ourselves for a bit , ’ Adam said firmly .
7 We do — quite practically and with useful influence — if we choose to cast ourselves as a vigorous , amending , debating part of the European team .
8 But we see ourselves as a sound system , and in a way everybody is a part of Motion Incorporated .
9 It at last gives Renault a diesel flagship worthy of the name , a car that should help Phil Horton and his team , in his words , ‘ position ourselves as a major player in the U.K. diesel league with the aim of taking more fleet sales from our competitors . ’
10 ‘ We see ourselves as a specialty chemical company and the strategies are to invest in facilities and R & D , to emphasise Europe as we go forward and to continue to improve the quality ’ .
11 We portray ourselves as a rabble , and certainly are no example to the fourth form in a school .
12 That decision to organize ourselves as a group was a really important step forward for us as workers and for the organization .
13 Alan Calladine added : ‘ We class ourselves as a working railway museum and are prepared to develop any aspect of the railway scene .
14 And that goes back to what I said earlier , in that we just do n't see ourselves working internally , in meetings , in negotiations and report binding , with erm , with other officer 's , we see ourselves as a vocal point to get in information out , to , to people , erm and working with people , erm , and that 's erm again a major part of the work we do and just as an example of something that we provide , this is erm , this is the hidden divide , the bulletin of Harlow 's Anti Poverty Strategy Group , this is the latest edition , and it 's just an update on erm impact of eh living in Britain in nineteen ninety one today , the people who are on low income , but we , we 've produced that quarterly , erm , but there , we produce loads of leaflets , were always producing leaflets , and basically if there 's a major piece of legislation there be , there be something worth getting use on it .
15 Let us imagine ourselves as a reader of Penthouse in order to answer this question .
16 And if you go down that road in every area of life , I think we 're storing tremendous trouble for ourselves as a society !
17 In the immediate term , we saw ourselves as a resource which the B.Ed .
18 We see ourselves as a major event , not just a sailing event , ’ says Blyth .
19 Chay Blyth — ‘ We see ourselves as a major international event ’
20 The press also showed an encouraging understanding of our mission to establish ourselves as a world-class scientific and engineering services business .
21 ‘ In that relatively short space of time we have established ourselves as a vital source of providing banking services to local people .
22 We have successfully positioned ourselves as a Bank which wants its customers ' savings .
23 In addressing this task we combined local , national and international action , distinguishing ourselves as a strategic force for conservation .
24 Although in retrospect it might seem a vain hope to disguise ourselves as a motor yacht , we were not well known in the area and there were , after all , quite a few converted HDML 's about in those days , so we removed a few obvious identification marks from the ship including our uniforms , flew the red ensign and settled down to wait .
25 As we have said before , we like to think of ourselves as a preservation society , rather than just a rail interest society , valuable as such societies are .
26 Establishing ourselves as a credible force in Germany and further east is not a simple task , but I am confident that we are gradually putting the team in place who will achieve this objective .
27 ‘ We see ourselves as a one-stop shop , ’ said .
28 We followed a stream up Salubrious Passage before squeezing ourselves through a small twisting passage to bring us back above ground .
29 So to sum up , if we want to help ourselves towards a healthy heart and a long and happy life we need to eat a low fat diet , take regular exercise and stop smoking .
30 After snarling a few choice remarks at them from the corners of our mouths , such as , ‘ Get lost ! ’ or ‘ Beat it ! ’ , which we understood to be good American for , ‘ Please go away , we do not wish for company , ’ we managed to rid ourselves of a few of them , but two of the most persistent followed us until we were clear of the town , and then we realised that the only way to be left alone was for us to be really rude .
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