Example sentences of "[verb] ourselves in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To see ourselves in this way is to gain a perspective rather than to advocate a policy , yet the relation of these two activities will inevitably remain in the background of our work . |
| 2 | The fright we 've given ourselves in recent months will have done us some good if it helps us adjust society back in the direction of common purposes and co-operative disciplines . |
| 3 | Then , suddenly , we found ourselves in brilliant sunshine at the southern outskirts of the city , at the foot of the pre-Alps , where the River Adige emerges into the plain . |
| 4 | A team of divers that included myself once found ourselves in such a situation . |
| 5 | I feel like we 've parked ourselves in one big rat-trap . ’ |
| 6 | Christ does care about the details of how we conduct ourselves in all these situations , because the standards we have at work either honour him or dishonour him . |
| 7 | Let's face it , we live with our negative parts and generally we may beat ourselves in public . |
| 8 | For example , when we speak we tend to express ourselves in short sentences — more " full stops ’ — but in the written language the same ideas are more usually expressed in longer sentences — more commas — and the style and the choice of words will not always be the same . |
| 9 | ‘ Spotty backs are caused when grease glands become blocked as we wrap ourselves in man-made fibres that inhibit air circulation . |
| 10 | We organise ourselves in different schools of studies . |
| 11 | We find ourselves in one of the gathering grounds of Edwardian opinion , moving towards a resolution of its deeply felt anxieties . |
| 12 | It should be remembered that a serving sergeant pilot ( as we called ourselves in those days ) had little clue about the policy that emerged from Arthur Marshall ( Air Ministry ) when the plans for one White Paper were never implemented before another White Paper overtook it . |
| 13 | My Lords , I er apologise first of all that I was not able to hear some of the earlier speeches in this Debate erm but it does seem to me a most interesting Debate and I have to confess that I always become slightly uneasy er when the great and the good , and I suppose we should collectively cast ourselves in that role of being the great and good of the establishment are all of one view and I wonder whether it is necessarily right and so I begin to question er whether your Lordships enthusiasm for many of these amendments and their attack upon the Government 's proposals is necessarily as soundly based as we might think if we just listen to casually to it all . |
| 14 | We 're not putting ourselves in that position — all we 're doing is selling music . ’ |
| 15 | Well that 's why I said to you , and , and Laura , er to James , no way would we get ourselves in that position for you you have your lives to lead |
| 16 | ‘ For God 's sake , let's take another drink , or shoot the dogs , or call in Claire to dance the fandango , rather than indulge ourselves in this misery ! |
| 17 | To see things differently means changing ourselves in some way , and most of us are reluctant to do this . |
| 18 | We could put ourselves in three lots of two and your mum came in with the three pizzas we 'd get one between us so we get a half . |
| 19 | These people have spiritual needs as real as ours are , so we need to ask ourselves in this parish what are we doing to help them ? |
| 20 | In fact , one of the reasons God is so concerned that we do not involve ourselves in premarital and extramarital relations is so that we will never feel we are competing against the skill and ability of another lover . |
| 21 | You know , find things to do to occupy ourselves in other ways . |
| 22 | The situation was changing so fast and we hoped we might find ourselves in this situation . ’ |
| 23 | of the electorate — it is impossible for my colleagues and me to involve ourselves in all the work of the House . |
| 24 | With our increasing clarity of the racism we faced daily , we made tentative overtures to involve ourselves in Black women 's activities . |
| 25 | There is no need , the reductivist might argue , to involve ourselves in any extra-linguistic considerations . |
| 26 | We as a church have promised to commit ourselves in three ways : — |
| 27 | ‘ I fear we have to blame ourselves in such matters . |