Example sentences of "ourselves on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were already congratulating ourselves on a smooth and successful ascent , but you must beware . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They forget that it is ‘ we ’ — or ourselves on a good day , ‘ society ’ as we call it — who understand that punishment is appropriate . |
| 5 | Lifting her out of the water we were totally silent , and neither of us seemed to be willing to commit ourselves on a weight so we just put her in the sling and let the scales do the talking . |
| 6 | We dry ourselves on a towel . |