Example sentences of "[verb] ourselves [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking the initiative , I led the way , following three skiers who looked as if they knew where they were going — they did n't , and we found ourselves poling for quite a long way before a unanimous decision to have an early lunch was taken . |
| 2 | It enables us to experience desires we do not ordinarily give ourselves credit for , and to exercise choices society is reluctant to admit . |
| 3 | We like mixed-ability teaching in principle — but it 's such hard work ( if you 're not going to cop out and use worksheets all the time ) that we find ourselves longing for the good old days of streaming . |
| 4 | On occasion , it might refuse to work at all and we find ourselves longing for the days of youth when it would stand at attention regardless of any identifiable sexual stimulus . |
| 5 | Sophie said , ‘ We 've got enough money to keep ourselves going for about six months . |
| 6 | And similarly we must not allow ourselves to look for something below that practice on which we can ground the feeling that the practice is going on in an objectively correct way . |
| 7 | For if we suppose this we shall fall into an infinite regress ; we shall find ourselves looking for a further interpretation . |