Example sentences of "oneself on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the symptoms of jet-lag relate to how we feel , but such an explanation does not explain why we should feel below par , and seems less acceptable when one would expect the mind to be concentrated on enjoying oneself on holiday or performing at one 's peak on business or at athletics , for instance . |
| 2 | Entering into consciousness — an obscure phrase — meant trying to be oneself on the canvas , without the props of a single familiar reference , and thus to be free of rhetoric , history , convention , other people , safety , the past . |
| 3 | She had unconsciously put into practice the Winnie the Pooh principle , which rules that the most effective method of searching for a lost person or object is to get lost oneself on the assumption that some force of nature brings all forgotten things together in ignored niches and unfrequented locales . |
| 4 | She was able to list the following forms of expression of anger : kicking , stamping , jumping up and down , throwing oneself on the floor , holding one 's breath , pulling , struggling , pouting , frowning , throwing objects , grabbing , biting , striking , crying and screaming . |
| 5 | As for ‘ aware ’ , its associations are with the cognate ‘ ware ’ , ‘ beware ’ , ‘ wary ’ , ‘ warn ’ ; the analogy is with putting oneself on guard against a peril , a vigilance imposed by pressing need or by duty . |
| 6 | I felt elated , and I think the other passengers did too , that the taboo against expressing oneself on the tube had been temporarily broken . |
| 7 | It was one thing to talk tritely about holding life in our hands ; it was a very different matter to find oneself on the point of doing just that . |
| 8 | And yet even with formal organisations there will be some discretion and there will be opportunities to impose oneself on the organisation . |
| 9 | The water was littered with obstacles , and there were painful things below the water to strike oneself on . |
| 10 | Next I ask myself , does one congratulate oneself on getting married or not ? — or is that left for everyone else to do ? |