Example sentences of "[pn reflx] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we all of us want to escape ourselves and remain ourselves , want to leave ourselves behind and take ourselves with us , want the world transfigured and yet to remain ourselves in a transfigured world . |
| 2 | ‘ At last we are getting the reward for our hard work and we will be challenging for the world title ourselves in a couple of years , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not just that the objectives have been achieved , of getting the policy reviews endorsed , and conducting ourselves in a way that will attract the British people . |
| 4 | IMAGINE the reaction if , say , Ladbroke came to its shareholders and said : ‘ The Government have decreed that we will have to rebid for our betting licence in 1992 , and to put ourselves in a better position to win it we are taking on borrowings equal to our equity and giving our managers around 15 per cent of the company . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We can do nothing for Eastern Europe if we fail among ourselves in a few days ’ time to agree on economic and monetary union , social and environmental policies so that we can complete the European single market on time . ’ |
| 6 | No sooner are we out of Eden than we find ourselves in a field stained with a brother 's blood ( 4.1–16 ) . |
| 7 | Women 's exemption from these time-geared precepts was the result both of their extensive periods of ritual impurity and of their designated role as closeted homemakers — though of course in making such a statement , we immediately involve ourselves in a greater degree of circularity . |
| 8 | Say we picture ourselves in a desert and all these people want some water , but one person goes and gets it ? |
| 9 | A few minutes later our train came in and we established ourselves in a first class carriage . |
| 10 | And this is where we are in danger of finding ourselves in a vicious circle : for industry one has got to have products and to get products one has got to have industry … |
| 11 | We all find ourselves in a situation at some time where we have to carry a very heavy suitcase , or where a parcel has been delivered and has to be lifted into the house . |
| 12 | God is God , not man writ large ; and he can not be spoken of simply by speaking of ourselves in a loud voice . |
| 13 | In 1980 a series of events occurred which forced us to look at ourselves in a new and harsh light . |
| 14 | Some way along the journey , we inexplicably found ourselves in a Tesco car park in Derby . |
| 15 | We again found ourselves in a situation where we had to descend because of icing . |
| 16 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 17 | We found ourselves in a wide desert street , lined unevenly with flat adobe buildings , the same dun colour as the street and the surrounding desert . |
| 18 | I was there a few days and then me and me friends barricaded ourselves in a cell and we would n't come out because there was nowt to do . |
| 19 | We 'll hide ourselves in a corner and celebrate ! ’ |
| 20 | I was there in September and our group miserably went up the valley from Mayrhofen in the rain and was even more miserable when we reached the summit to find ourselves in a blizzard . |
| 21 | We were let through with barely a curled lip , and found ourselves in a foyer hardly smaller than a pyramid . |
| 22 | We found ourselves in a hall where a masked ball was in progress . |
| 23 | Suddenly at St Aubyn 's we found ourselves in a crowd of seventy boys , nearly all older . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've found ourselves in a spot of bother with the police over at the office . |
| 25 | The Divisional objectives are twofold , one to establish ourselves in a market that only two years ago was completely new to Rentokil , and the other to help our customers and prospects through the current minefield of legislation related to water and air systems . |
| 26 | The IMF 's programme in Trinidad and Tobago is a case in point and in his resignation letter Budhoo asserts : ‘ We manipulated , blatantly and systematically , certain key statistical indices so as to put ourselves in a position where we could make very false pronouncements about ( the ) economic and financial performance of that country . ’ |
| 27 | For instance , with the merging of branches , we could find ourselves in a very enviable position of more than one members wishing to be considered as a candidate for the C E C. |
| 28 | We do therefore need to consult with the health authority if we find ourselves in a position where we think we 're no longer going to be able to achieve those targets . |
| 29 | Yeah the firework systems supposed to be the centre of the Red Vase designs , we 're putting ourselves in a considerable disadvantage in not visiting and influencing these Red Vase Designs . |
| 30 | I went with er Superintendent to er where we positioned ourselves in a control vehicle and er I remained there until I heard from the firearms team inside the house that all occupants of the house had been found and were secured . |