Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] ourselves in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He comes home late night , one Saturday night , having been working long hours , not having enough sleep , she nags him and Madam he loses his temper with her and Madam , I am sure that you and I in our relationships same sort of stress in a different situation where , where we 've been nagged by our partners and lost our temper and pushed them about , or whatever , and we 'd be very surprised I think to find ourselves in , in my client 's situation had that happened , because what , what happened here Madam was that erm the girlfriend suffered some minor injuries , nothing to worry about really . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I feel like we 've parked ourselves in one big rat-trap . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We 've found ourselves in a spot of bother with the police over at the office . |
| 6 | Dr Clark Brundin of Warwick University said : ‘ We did not say at our meeting in Leeds — and this is where we have shot ourselves in the foot — that no government is going to meet the cost of higher education . |
| 7 | We need to put ourselves in the other person 's shoes . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We must get back to the high standards of self-discipline that we have set ourselves in the past , ’ said Cooke . |
| 9 | ‘ We have found ourselves in the unusual position of having created our own market . ’ |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | ‘ I fear we have to blame ourselves in such matters . |