Example sentences of "[pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | This we did , for in about an hour and a quarter from the time of our beginning the ascent , we found ourselves on the top of this dreadful precipice , and in possession of some very uncommon plants … ’ |
| 2 | When we denounce the anti-Semitism and let the Fascism take care of itself , we are fastening on what is prepolitical or sub-political , and refusing to engage ourselves on the plane of politics where , as Olson insists , we 're required to vindicate our own sorts of polity against the Fascist sorts . |
| 3 | ‘ Sometimes we can argue , but on this occasion we 'll have to throw ourselves on the mercy of the court because once again , and this was the second time running , simple , basic errors cost us the game . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We do n't have to prove ourselves on our commitment to fight drugs , ’ he says . |
| 5 | BOXING Day and we launch ourselves on our own family tradition — a visit to the theatre . |
| 6 | London Underground is spending £100,000 on research to find out why so many of us like to toss ourselves on the rails . |
| 7 | At Adkin we pride ourselves on giving you that help every step of the way . |
| 8 | It occurred to Hobbes that since knowledge , whether systematically developed or not , begins with sense-perception , we should not pride ourselves on knowing much if we do not understand what sense-perception actually is . |
| 9 | And so it was that on the first Monday after New Year , about midnight , we found ourselves on an icy road in County Cavan heading for the checkpoint , having just driven up from Dun Laoghaire , where we had disembarked from the Holyhead ferry . |
| 10 | So you 'll excuse us if we take a second here to pat ourselves on the back ; it 's our birthday and we 'll do what we like . |
| 11 | We are a very friendly guest house , and pride ourselves on our excellent service . |
| 12 | Let us strive for relationships that are mutual and be careful not to impose ourselves on people who do n't want or need us . |
| 13 | To throw ourselves on Paris . |
| 14 | We falsely congratulate ourselves on the progressiveness of contemporary welfare provision , ignoring not only its insufficiency but also the fact that much of the need itself is an artificial creation of contemporary social prejudices against people continuing at work . |
| 15 | He had worked in Belfast in the late 1940s , and compared the Labour scene in Derry unfavourably with that of the larger city : ‘ We may pride ourselves on being a city but politically we are still a small Ulster town . ’ |
| 16 | By eight-thirty , after putting the army to rights , and warming ourselves on one cup of tea after another , we were too cold to stay up . |
| 17 | As we pride ourselves on our service we would certainly like to hear from you if there is any reason for not renewing your entry . |
| 18 | Seating ourselves on the trunk of an old ash-tree that stretched along the ground , Coleridge read aloud with a sonorous and musical voice , the ballad of Betty Foy . |
| 19 | At Midland , we pride ourselves on establishing long term relationships with our customers . |
| 20 | Their need for food is easily met and the food we grow for ourselves on agricultural land is little more than a readily-available bonus . |
| 21 | Too easily we stand still and pat ourselves on the back ; before long we are losing ground . |
| 22 | ‘ Let God be God ’ and we find ourselves on the path of discipleship . |
| 23 | As a nation we pride ourselves on our strong sense of sportsmanship and fair play . |
| 24 | We never based ourselves on them but we just developed that way . |
| 25 | I know that we 're all in a state of shock and wondering where to place ourselves on the spectrum between quietism at one end and terrorism on the other , but , as a response to an altered environment , this reminded me appallingly of the turtles who , so the legend goes , were hatched on a Pacific atoll where a nuclear blast had been carried out . |
| 26 | Ellen and I worked hard that week and , on the Saturday , as though to commiserate with ourselves on this being our last day alone together , we stopped work at midday and took a bus to Mama Sipcott 's Café on the beach where we ate lobster and drank too much of Mama 's sticky-sweet white wine . |
| 27 | We children had a table to one side to ourselves on which were laid out bottles of pop , cakes , buns and bread and jam . |
| 28 | It is perhaps strange that , whilst we pride ourselves on our commitment to individual freedom and self-expression , listening to the problems of other people , and responding appropriately to their needs as expressed , is less common . |
| 29 | She , too , was a ‘ scholarship girl ’ and we prided ourselves on being the two most intelligent girls in the place . |
| 30 | As we grow up we model ourselves on our parents , identifying with them and imitating them . |