Example sentences of "oneself in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all want basic comforts , but there are intelligent ways of producing these comforts and intelligent limits to impose on oneself in order not to foul the nest for everybody else . |
| 2 | Here there are activities with which to occupy oneself in addition to the popular walking . |
| 3 | Given that the chances of establishing oneself in sport are extremely small regardless of colour , this is a rather dangerous channelling of objectives . |
| 4 | It takes little effort of the imagination to put oneself in Theo 's shoes , and feel the grey , correct , judicious side of his character flinching from the terrifying sincerity of Vincent 's outpourings . |
| 5 | It is , therefore , most important to train oneself in problem answering beforehand . |
| 6 | In making such a statement , evidently , one is not addressing oneself in thought to any specific individual or group of individuals ; although , as will be shown later ( see Chapter 13 ) , one does by implication say something about the class of man-like things , viz. that every single one of its members , no matter how many of them there are , is as a matter of fact man-like . |
| 7 | Oneself in love . |
| 8 | The situation was an artificial one , but ‘ one was concerned not to make a complete fool of oneself in front of one 's peer group ’ , so the pressure was real . |
| 9 | Quiz programmes , for instance , appealed to people as a means of excitement and escape from worries , an opportunity to rate oneself in comparison with other people and possibly to learn something . |
| 10 | Sanctity has little to do with a pietistic other-worldliness and much to do with ordinariness and simplicity — being oneself in God , accepted by the Father , met by the Son , and indwelt by the living Spirit . |
| 11 | It was best to identify oneself in relation to one 's clerical superior . |
| 12 | After travelling halfway around the globe to one of the remotest spots on Earth , encasing oneself in goosedown against the cold , mounting a snowmobile and riding through the vastness , the glimpse of a dark object starts the heart pounding . |
| 13 | It is a way of thinking and expressing oneself in language that is radically different from conversational speech . |