Example sentences of "[verb] ourselves [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We got ourselves a new ball park , ’ said the man from Detroit . |
| 2 | Before the first series went out we got ourselves an established and admired distributor and waited for the programme sales cash to roll in . |
| 3 | So we got ourselves an Ordnance Survey map for the year of my birth and were able to prove that houses had indeed existed there , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ I think we 'd make ourselves a laughing-stock . ’ |
| 5 | If we make ourselves the bar , if we suggest that self-determination is the right of every people on earth but the Germans , we risk creating resentments in Germany which could be quite as destabilising to the European order as reunification . |
| 6 | Another contributor said that if we asked ourselves the question : ‘ Do the agencies discriminate against West Belfast ? ’ , the answer had to be ‘ yes ’ . |
| 7 | if we 've given ourselves a budget of four thousand pounds and we 've ear |
| 8 | ‘ We 've given ourselves a chance to finish in the top three , a tremendous achievement for a team that was tipped for relegation at the start of the season . |
| 9 | We have enforced questionable criteria , appealed to divine authority and given ourselves the right to make our own interpretation of it . |
| 10 | ‘ Come , ’ they say to one another , ‘ Let us build ourselves a city , and a tower with its top in the heavens , and let us make a name for ourselves , lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth ’ ( 11.4 ) . |
| 11 | Now they now said come on let us build ourselves a city and also a tower with its |
| 12 | The more fully we have developed ourselves the more cause for such gratitude we will have , and the more we understand the cosmos , particularly by grasping the true nature of detailed parts of it and their place in the total scheme , the more we will appreciate the sheer wonderfulness of it , and arrive at a kind of mystical adoration of it . |
| 13 | Outside but shadowing the DM , we deny ourselves the support of the system at times of currency fluctuation . |
| 14 | ‘ Outside , but shadowing the Deutschmark , we deny ourselves the support of the system at times of currency fluctuation . ’ |
| 15 | By checking ourselves a moment before taking action , we give ourselves time to use our reasoning powers in investigating the most efficient and appropriate way of performing such an action . |
| 16 | ‘ Let's go hunt ourselves a party , ’ says the one who owns the boat . |
| 17 | Suddenly we found ourselves the proud owners of three switchboards , two lines , thirteen phones and a miraculous fax ( ‘ Oooh , you must have to roll them up ever so small ’ ) machine . |
| 18 | We 've won ourselves a new world . |
| 19 | " But why should we endure the hell of life in the colonies , mon vieux , if we do n't enjoy ourselves a little and try to put something by for our old age at the same time , heh ? " |
| 20 | It gave us both lots of pleasure trying to work out the various clues , so we shall give ourselves a pat on the back for doing so well — hope you will have some more mind-boggling competitions in the future . |
| 21 | We each filled ourselves a small glass of vodka , and he said , ‘ George Dionisovich , I will try to help you for your kind heart and for your kind deeds ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ Maybe the party will be able to get some money out of it and we will be able to prostitute ourselves a little bit more . |
| 23 | We wear nurses ' uniforms , perform basic nursing tasks and are still called ‘ nurse ’ by most patients , so sometimes I feel a bit confused by all this and wonder whether we undervalue ourselves a little . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought if we could get their nature thing together with your Alps thing , we might both do ourselves a bit of good . |
| 25 | ‘ Why do n't we do ourselves a favour ? ’ she said through her teeth . |
| 26 | Wonder we did n't do ourselves an injury , he was that much of an industrial hazard . ’ |
| 27 | We all like to award ourselves a little extra something if we give up smoking or lose half a stone , so why not allow the child who is doing something difficult an incentive ? |
| 28 | Granting ourselves the time to speculate and dream of a world to come gives us a chance to prepare for and adapt to a future way of life . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , just the one , I think , Mrs Padmore , ’ he replies drily , ‘ until we 've got ourselves a shade more sorted out . ’ |
| 30 | Now all I have to do is persuade you to sign a contract for a lot longer than six months , and we 've got ourselves a deal . |