Example sentences of "oneself on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Entering into consciousness — an obscure phrase — meant trying to be oneself on the canvas , without the props of a single familiar reference , and thus to be free of rhetoric , history , convention , other people , safety , the past . |
| 2 | She had unconsciously put into practice the Winnie the Pooh principle , which rules that the most effective method of searching for a lost person or object is to get lost oneself on the assumption that some force of nature brings all forgotten things together in ignored niches and unfrequented locales . |
| 3 | She was able to list the following forms of expression of anger : kicking , stamping , jumping up and down , throwing oneself on the floor , holding one 's breath , pulling , struggling , pouting , frowning , throwing objects , grabbing , biting , striking , crying and screaming . |
| 4 | I felt elated , and I think the other passengers did too , that the taboo against expressing oneself on the tube had been temporarily broken . |
| 5 | It was one thing to talk tritely about holding life in our hands ; it was a very different matter to find oneself on the point of doing just that . |
| 6 | And yet even with formal organisations there will be some discretion and there will be opportunities to impose oneself on the organisation . |