Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would obviously like to see ourselves as the organ of a revolutionary party , however embryonic it may be . ’ |
| 2 | To be humble is learning to know ourselves in the light of the knowledge of God . |
| 3 | We tend to isolate ourselves from the rest of the natural world and yet we are very much a part of it . |
| 4 | He liked some music but generally was n't musical and was always slightly put off to find himself in the company of those who were . |
| 5 | Muller , however , is surprised to find himself in the company of players he once idolised , and he has yet to recognise that he is about to become a similar figure . |
| 6 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 7 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 8 | The priest must be celibate in order to purify himself for the handling of the sacred in the sacrament . |
| 9 | Certainly he refused to implicate himself in the development of a theory in which he had played so great a part . |
| 10 | The government of Taiwan ( formerly Formosa ) is derived from that which ruled the Chinese mainland prior to the 1949 communist revolution it maintains its claim to legal jurisdiction of this lost territory and continues to designate itself as the Republic of China . |
| 11 | The government of Taiwan ( formerly Formosa ) is derived from that which ruled the Chinese mainland prior to the 1949 communist revolution ; it maintains its claim to legal jurisdiction of this lost territory and continues to designate itself as the Republic of China ( ROC ) . |
| 12 | Decentralization permits each locality to provide itself with the quantity of the good it prefers . |
| 13 | She had not looked deliberately , not wanting to tempt herself with the sight of him . |
| 14 | For a fleeting instant she felt as though she had woken to find herself in the lair of a dangerous wild animal . |
| 15 | She frequently had to pinch herself with the absurdity of it all . |
| 16 | It accuses " particular producer groups " of " manipulating domestic environmental policies to benefit themselves at the expense of both the rest of the economy and ultimately even the environment " . |
| 17 | ‘ It takes most soaps quite a long time to establish themselves in the favour of the audience . |
| 18 | Consequently it has sometimes been difficult for the new patterns to establish themselves in the face of combined resistance from programme committees , established departments , and professional senior officers . |
| 19 | Business visitors looking for editorial staff seemed bemused to find themselves in the middle of such a busy and , it has to be said , chatty event . |
| 20 | Although the story is probably a fair reflection of the Italians ' unwillingness to find themselves in the middle of an English war , most Englishmen seem to have acknowledged Gloucester 's authority . |
| 21 | Although the story is probably a fair reflection of the Italians ' unwillingness to find themselves in the middle of an English war , most Englishmen seem to have acknowledged Gloucester 's authority . |
| 22 | When I want to find myself in the dream of the New Look , I have to reconstruct the picture , look down at my sandals and the hem of my dress , for in the dream itself I am only an eye , watching . |
| 23 | To find myself in the company of so many eminent , discerning and open-minded independent shopkeepers , affords me pleasure beyond expression . |
| 24 | And you know very well that as soon as you start to launch yourself into the world of contracting by , by its very nature a contract a a automatically has loopholes in it , and the more you write in a contract the more loopholes you 've got . |
| 25 | I will learn to know myself with the help of my inner teacher . |
| 26 | It was , understandably , the peace which was essential information for the descendants , for it influenced their present actions to some extent ; and the solemnities were intended to impose themselves on the memory of the participants and witnesses and their children . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Ymor 's ravens were notoriously loyal to their master , to the extent that Withel 's one attempt to promote himself to the rank of greatest thief in Ankh-Morpork had cost their master 's right hand man his left eye . |
| 29 | Occasionally in the pursuit of profit he has to sacrifice himself to the ordeal of a business lunch with a customer , supplier or business contact . |
| 30 | Mosley came increasingly to see himself as the spokesman of the war generation , who refused to compromise his idealistic principles with the political realities of the post-war world . |