Example sentences of "ourselves on " in BNC.
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| 31 | But then at Boots we pride ourselves on our usefulness to mums . |
| 32 | We were already congratulating ourselves on a smooth and successful ascent , but you must beware . |
| 33 | And it 's to you , the readers , that we beg one week 's indulgence as we uncurl our lips , pat ourselves on that back and take you , in the next 46 pages , on a runaway rollercoaster ride through the stuff and nonsense , faces and fads , ecstatic highs and miserable lows that have littered 40 years of doing battle with the monster that is popular culture . |
| 34 | Like all Bradfordians , we pride ourselves on the warmth and sincerity of our welcome . |
| 35 | We pride ourselves on having secured excellent , often especially upgraded , inflight services for our customers and offer a large number of Saturday departures . |
| 36 | We pride ourselves on our in-depth knowledge and understanding of all Italy 's many important facets . |
| 37 | Now , two years on , we are still congratulating ourselves on our choice . |
| 38 | Me and Sam missed our way and found ourselves on the edge of Foxton Mire . |
| 39 | ourselves on that , that 's new |
| 40 | The remit with regard to the er one day seminar , it was suggested at the last meeting er that it would be useful if the activists of the free union actually got together held a one day seminar or training course whatever terminology you like to put on it er to actually educate ourselves on how we should be conducting the campaign basically . |
| 41 | Yes Chairer , why do n't we pat ourselves on our , on the back about this it would it be useful i in in the the report , a further report that 's gon na come forward if there could be some indication as to actual format that was adopted when a person goes to one of his welfare panels , cos I 've been to three and there does n't seem to be any consistency whatsoever in the way that things occur or whatever ! |
| 42 | This is scarcely surprising , since we may pride ourselves on the fact that freedom of speech has existed in this country perhaps as long as , if not longer than , it has existed in any other country in the world . |
| 43 | This is scarcely surprising , since we may pride ourselves on the fact that freedom of speech has existed in this country perhaps as long as , if not longer than , it has existed in any other country in the world . |
| 44 | This is scarcely surprising , since we may pride ourselves on the fact that freedom of speech has existed in this country perhaps as long as , if not longer than , it has existed in any other country in the world . |
| 45 | Within three weeks I had handed in my dissertation , Lorne had assembled the rudimentary equipment , and with more bravado than common sense we found ourselves on the island of Celebes in the South China Sea . |
| 46 | The solid ground rocked and heaved beneath us , but we were soon gorging ourselves on rich noodles and spicy chilled crabs and lobster — forbidden fruit while amongst our Islamic Bugis . |
| 47 | I can not condone violence outside of the Oliver Reed Cellar Bar at the Duck and Forceps , certainly not here at ‘ The Tip ’ where we pride ourselves on our family atmosphere . |
| 48 | We pride ourselves on having won the propaganda war . |
| 49 | We obviously ca n't go thrusting ourselves on that poor woman now . ’ |
| 50 | Most of us want to see ourselves on the screen — although it may turn out to be an unpleasant experience ! — but we 're not usually terribly interested in watching the performance of others . |
| 51 | Indicate erm tt what the percentage was , because we 've always been sitting round this table patting ourselves on the back , saying that er |
| 52 | and of course and we would have been patting ourselves on the back saying we could go in under |
| 53 | This is often closely related to where we see ourselves on the spectrum of social class . |
| 54 | One or two mornings a week we sail upwind to another beach , basing ourselves on a campsite taverna for the day , and once a fortnight we take a day off . |
| 55 | Just because we appear to be gorging ourselves on war coverage does n't mean to say that we swallow it whole . |
| 56 | Er we pride ourselves on our housekeeping , it 's a selling factor for us , and we have customers come round and look at the plant and they always commend us quite highly on our housekeeping . |
| 57 | Erm and we pride ourselves on the skill and the quality that we build into the engine and you ca n't do that with robots . |
| 58 | We crossed to the island of Krk at 16:30 and found ourselves on what was virtually a single track ‘ road ’ heading for the town of Krk . |
| 59 | We swam in the lake and sunned ourselves on the lawn among the flowering magnolias . |
| 60 | When at last we emerged into the open we found ourselves on a plain , perhaps a mile wide , lying between the hills and the river . |