Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the light of that brutality I do n't think we need concern ourselves about gentility , spurious or otherwise . |
| 2 | Depending on who you are , some of these fantasies may well come true , but for most of us , these are dreams that we keep to ourselves for company on lonely training runs and to help with motivation . |
| 3 | So perhaps it 's time to look to ourselves for fun , not to chemicals that make us edgy , paranoid , ill — and broke . |
| 4 | THERE WERE eight of us who had voluntarily submitted ourselves for treatment at the clinic : two lawyers , two Italian businessmen , two bankers , a fashion designer and me . |
| 5 | As a community are we willing to risk building a just peace rather than arming ourselves for war ? |
| 6 | in the heavens and let us make a celebrated name for ourselves for fear we may be scattered all over the earth , well that was God 's command was n't it there they said be scattered all over the earth |
| 7 | It is really a question of where we feel happiest , and how much we see ourselves as part of nature rather than in conflict with it . |
| 8 | Yet whether we think of ourselves as secularist or as religious , we can not be absolutely certain in such a way that our certainty can not be challenged by other people . |
| 9 | One of the most important aspects is that we saw ourselves as town traders — that magical area where buyer and seller come together . |
| 10 | We are able to resume ourselves after sleep , after an alcoholic stupor , after an epileptic fit , after prolonged coma . |
| 11 | Er mainly the proposal and then everybody came back on the sixth which is quite a long break in Christmas but we do need that break till we organize ourselves after Christmas |
| 12 | In seeking revenge , we seek to rid ourselves of pain . |
| 13 | He calls us out from ourselves like funeral bells . |
| 14 | What a comment on our society , that we need to organise ourselves against vandalism and theft ! |
| 15 | We got caught up in the keep-fit bandwagon in the mid 80s and got ourselves into shape . |
| 16 | To assess the extent of the problem and attempt to bring ourselves into line with the patient 's charter we conducted a simple audit of the delays in our practice . |
| 17 | ‘ We must now bring ourselves into line with England and only play international matches on nights when they , too , have games . |
| 18 | Let me just , just show you a little thing here just enclosing , just linking it up there , there it is , it 's , it 's a well known little picture , it 's a picture of a wheel where there in the centre the hub is Christ , you see when the hub has got to be the centre otherwise the wheel does not run true and there with Christ is the hub , the centre of your life , the centre of my life , and you and I our lives our selves , there on the outside , were the rim and there 's those spokes that hold it together and make it run true the spoke of , of the bible , God 's word allowing him to speak to us , the spoke of prayer , our communion with God , our praying to him , the spoke of obedience following him obeying him , bringing our lives into , into line with what he says in his word , he says if you love me you will keep my commandments , that 's why we 've got to learn and get to know them from his word and then the spoke of fellowship somebody as likened them to prayer , being like air , our breath , the bible being like food , giving us nourishment and strength , fellowship , it 's the family situation and in just as in a nature family there is , that is the place for care , it 's the place for support it 's the place of sharing , it 's the place of love , where it should be , so God 's family , and then the final one their obedience like exercise , keeping fit , it 's the callisthenics , it 's keeping the muscles toned , obeying what he tells us in his word , well that 's what it means to be a Christian bringing ourselves into line with him and allowing him to re-fashion us in his image and it 's a process that 's going on all the time , Wesley and his hymn talks about us being used and the scripture being changed from glory into glory , till in heaven we take our place there , like him , John says when we see him , we shall be like him , but we shall see him as he is and that 's God 's purpose for you and for me , to be like him , and the moment we come to him and respond to him , the process starts and it goes on , day in , day out , night in , night out , week in , week out , over the years him changing and fashioning us into the image of his son , because that 's how he created us originally , he created to be like him and in this new creation , we were singing we are a new creation , it 's to be like him . |
| 19 | I saw then that we shall die , wish ourselves into extinction , unless we find a new course . |
| 20 | Robert , let's start by trying to put ourselves into context . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ We 're all beside ourselves with worry . |
| 23 | '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 . |
| 24 | In the first instance we go to work in order to eat and drink and provide ourselves with shelter . |
| 25 | Indeed we have ‘ given the rod ’ to nations which have been better acquainted than ourselves with tyranny and inhumanity . |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | That we are really praying for peace and identifying ourselves with peace struggle in Ireland . |
| 28 | Therefore if we carry ourselves with pride , our self-esteem increases and others will notice . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Every society needs its flawed heroes , and we appear to have saddled ourselves with rock singers and movie stars . |