Example sentences of "[prep] oneself in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Role-taking — the mental placing of oneself in the other person 's position — is central to all forms of human communication . |
| 2 | The situation was an artificial one , but ‘ one was concerned not to make a complete fool of oneself in front of one 's peer group ’ , so the pressure was real . |
| 3 | Since they may be shaky in the first place , one is working against oneself in allowing the situation to come about ; yet at times it is difficult to avoid and extra work may be needed to counteract its effect . |
| 4 | MUR ON TIG WON The disagreeable experience of listening to oneself in the middle of a long speech and neither understanding what one is saying nor enjoying the manner in which it is being said ; a foreign accent ; a lion breaking wind after the evening repast |
| 5 | We all want basic comforts , but there are intelligent ways of producing these comforts and intelligent limits to impose on oneself in order not to foul the nest for everybody else . |
| 6 | Marlowe refuses to recognise the fact making a living for oneself in the countryside involves strenuous work and long hours of toil in order to reap the rewards afterwards . |