Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] ourselves [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We should take them at their word and hold them to it , rather than resign ourselves to the judgment that they have been lying .
2 ‘ I guess some of us ‘ types ’ have better things to do with our lives than dedicate ourselves to the attraction of the opposite sex . ’
3 Too easily we stand still and pat ourselves on the back ; before long we are losing ground .
4 Me and Sam missed our way and found ourselves on the edge of Foxton Mire .
5 So what I propose is that we put the notion of happiness back in its box and restrict ourselves to the word ‘ happy ’ , which people do in fact use in everyday circumstances .
6 We , we ca n't stand there in front of members and put ourselves in the firing line if we do n't know the answers to their questions .
7 I thought if I could get one or two put up , it 'd be a miniature Stonehenge ; call it Southmoorhenge and get ourselves on the map .
8 Come that we might see you in the people of every race , and commit ourselves to the hope that we celebrate our life together in true community and justice .
9 We swam in the lake and sunned ourselves on the lawn among the flowering magnolias .
10 What I want to do is try and find out , we 'll try and put ourselves in the criminal 's er position and then s see how we go about breaking into a house .
11 The bubbling notes of a female cuckoo rang out as , rounding a bend and finding ourselves with the sea again in view , we settled to picnic .
12 ‘ The film will feature interviews with victims of male aggression in Ireland , Nicaragua , Palestine and Hackney , focusing on the need for women everywhere to join hands and liberate ourselves from the yoke of anti-female oppression , ’ said the letter .
13 A. There are , but we 've been in this business for nearly 200 years and pride ourselves in the fact that we have probably dealt with every known problem that has ever arisen .
14 The type of sampling used in the five community studies is quotasampling , and our main concern is not to claim absolute representativeness for the whole city , but to guard ourselves against the accusation that our informants might be hand-picked from amongst friends and neighbours — or , worse , from our students .
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