Example sentences of "we [vb base] ourselves [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social justice means that we deny ourselves many things so that others may have to do without them as well , or , what is the same thing , may not be able to ask for them . |
| 2 | These are the things that make us afraid , and we build ourselves secure places so as that we ca n't or do n't have any need to be afraid . |
| 3 | One effect on the rest of us will be that we cause ourselves endless trouble by losing them . |
| 4 | The point I 'm going to make is that erm , if we are n't going to get through the year and we 're all going to have to take a percentage of our March allowances because the money 's run out and we 're cash limited even if we give ourselves five percent extra , erm , could I get an assurance from the officers that the people that have n't put in their forms will get a note to remind them to do so , so that everybody is in there , you wo n't suddenly find that because you have n't had your claim form in by the fourteenth you 're gon na get nothing and everybody else is gon na get something . |
| 5 | NLP ( neuro-linguistic programming ) suggests that if we give ourselves one option , we become a robot ; with two choices , we have a dilemma ; but with three or more options , we have a choice . |
| 6 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 7 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 8 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 9 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 10 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 11 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 12 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 13 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 14 | ‘ We both have to watch our weight — we weight ourselves each morning . |