Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] ourselves [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that our partner is of the opposite sex automatically means we must familiarise ourselves with the general information on the basic differences . |
| 2 | She was , he said , ‘ a great journalist ’ — ‘ We must recommit ourselves to the important mission to which Lernoux was devoted . ’ |
| 3 | If we could shrink ourselves to the atomic scale , we would see almost endless rows of atoms , stretching to the horizon in straight lines — galleries of geometric repetition . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't want to know , ’ Sophie interrupted sharply , then , seeing that Helen looked rather ruffled , she added in a more conciliatory tone , ‘ It 's just that , although I 'm very interested in what goes on in that practice on the veterinary side , I do n't really think we ought to interest ourselves in the personal ups and downs of the people working there . ’ |
| 5 | The list of changes in modern capitalism which have been seen as fundamentally questioning the original Marxist theory are too numerous to mention in detail , so we will confine ourselves to the major changes which have fuelled debate amongst Marxists . |
| 6 | Once we can rid ourselves of the dual notions that some magic divides jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional questions and that all matters of law have one inexorably correct meaning which must always be supplied by the courts , we are in a position to make a reasoned choice . |