Example sentences of "put oneself [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The subjective conviction of heightened awareness is so treacherous that to exempt it from the critical tests of reason is to put oneself at the mercy of chance .
2 And if one had to put oneself in a vulnerable situation , like rugging or grooming him , the handler had to carry a cane .
3 To be a recipient is normally to put oneself in a subordinate position .
4 The idea is that one does not really accept a universal rule unless an imaginative attempt to put oneself in the place of everyone affected still leaves one happy with it , for only so does one accept the prescription that the action should be done in that case in which it would be oneself rather than the other who was in such a place .
5 It is sometimes useful to put oneself in the shoes of another person .
6 She parallels her experience struggling to gain control of her body on the trapeze with her struggle with the creative process ; ‘ working on the trapeze one is continually putting oneself in a position of overcoming fear .
7 This kind of putting oneself in the place of another and attempting to portray and communicate something through a medium which is unsuitable to it is very essential for an understanding of religion .
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