Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [coord] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We experience guilt when we blame ourselves or our actions for events . |
| 2 | So often we have fallen into the trap of jealousy because we have judged other people , or even ourselves or our situation . |
| 3 | Erm when I say parties that 's probably not the right word because erm party indicates sort of food and games , we had concerts and we used to put on these concerts , the pupils used to put them on ourselves and our parents were invited to come and watch these concerts . |
| 4 | It seems strange that this phenomenon , so necessary both for social cohesion and for the development of real harmony between ourselves and our horses , has been given less attention than pecking order : a reflection , perhaps , on the observer more than on the observed . |
| 5 | Buddha said that our desire is not in our circumstances , but is within ourselves and our attitude to our circumstances . |
| 6 | It is sometimes claimed , however , that in fact we are fooling ourselves and our capacity to predict what will happen is not very good . |
| 7 | We try to reduce the distance between ourselves and our boss by using first-person-plural pronouns , talking of what ‘ we ’ ( i.e. the boss and I ) will do in the future — ‘ We could always write to head office , and ask them to let us have more data . |
| 8 | An omnibus awaited us , and we got ourselves and our luggage stowed therein or thereon ; but a place in the hotel omnibus does not guarantee that you will find a corner in the house . |
| 9 | Once we decanted ourselves and our luggage , rushed over the bridge and there standing in the bay was our special favourite , the Bishop 's Castle train . |
| 10 | I think at the moment suffice to say we wanted a product that would give ourselves and our users total choice and total flexibility . |
| 11 | Without having that understanding of what emotions are and what they are doing to us we can not analyse the way in which emotions disturb our balance and what that should teach us about ourselves and our relationship with the world . |
| 12 | This is the only system that allows us to readily identify strangers and protect ourselves and our company . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We have no other means with which to defend ourselves and our families . ’ |
| 14 | We can use our increased leisure time , energy and money , to improve life for ourselves and our families . |
| 15 | The letter ends : ‘ Now on the point of departure we ask for your PRAYERS — for ourselves and our families whom we leave behind . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Money for the trips came partly from ourselves and our families , but also from fund raising by Aisling 's school and the general public . |
| 17 | Certainly to respond to the gentleman who was suggesting that there 's no difference between us as adults and children , certainly there is the child in all adults erm that does respond , perhaps , in a childish way at times , but I would suggest that as adults we hopefully have gotten to a place in ourselves which we are not so much at the mercy of our immediate wishes and wants and feelings that we are able to be more measured in the way that we handle ourselves and our feelings , and therefore in a position to help our children to develop that capacity within themselves as they are growing up erm and erm I 've forgotten the other point I was going to make just following on from what Elizabeth there in the studio was saying . |
| 18 | Which question is more important to our understanding of ourselves and our position in the universe ? |
| 19 | They consist of DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid , the carrier of the " messages " which control hereditary aspects of ourselves and our structure — these are contained in numerous genes which form part of the chromosomes ) and protein . |
| 20 | We also have to take responsibility for how we feel about ourselves and our actions . |
| 21 | To argue as Bernard Williams does is to suggest that there is no sharp line to be drawn between the arts and the social sciences ; for it is the acknowledged role of the latter to contribute to our understanding of ourselves and our society . |
| 22 | The media influences how we see ourselves and our society and not just the events of the day . |
| 23 | The electorate rejected them and they put that before the quality services and the social responsibility that we have as Councillors , not just to ourselves and our wards , but to the whole district and the community as Councillor continually reminds us . |
| 24 | Together with the right kind of support we could have fun together and achieve so much for ourselves and our diocese . |
| 25 | But , by regressing to the original occasion and examining the circumstances involved , we can gain sufficient insight into ourselves and our problems to prevent the past having a traumatic effect upon our present and our future . |
| 26 | We send up data about ourselves and our problems . |
| 27 | We really needed her and were anxious to present ourselves and our properties in the best possible light . |
| 28 | One big difference between ourselves and our predecessors centuries ago , is our acceptance of historical change . |
| 29 | ‘ The main thing is perhaps the fact that we are now having a fresh look , without blinkers , at ourselves and our country , ’ he said . |
| 30 | ‘ There 's been more water used on this floor than we 've had to wash ourselves and our clothes in since we left Liverpool ! ’ |