Example sentences of "[vb pp] for ourselves " in BNC.

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1 Not just because of what you 've said , that wetted our appetite , that intrigued us , that aroused our curiosity , but we believe it because we have seen and heard for ourselves and we 've recognized his authority .
2 ‘ The fact is we 've all done for ourselves and in less than thirteen years .
3 He recalls , without explicit statement ( though their letters affirm it ) , the way in which he and Helen interwove poetry with their own voyages of mutual discovery : We treat them [ poems ] as parts written for ourselves to act , in the spirit , as they were written by the poet , in the spirit .
4 because the rules that we 've made for ourselves in maths , er we will , we 're about to break those .
5 Perhaps this is the new weather system that we 've made for ourselves .
6 Suzanne Garment writes in her recent book Scandal : ‘ The great American scandal machine that we have built for ourselves is up and running with ferocious momentum . ’
7 3 discuss our experiences of running such a unit and what we have learned over the last 3 years and some of the myths which we have explored and exploded for ourselves .
8 To state the problem ( that is to say the intellectual problem we have set for ourselves ) in a way which enables us to go about finding a solution is not easy .
9 ‘ We are meeting the goals we have set for ourselves in returning Digital to profitability and growth , ’ said president and chief executive Robert Palmer .
10 And then setting out our way of operating to , to meet the specifications and requirements that we 've set for ourselves .
11 We get paid and promoted for rushing round and solving problems wh that we 've created for ourselves .
12 But moral indignation ought principally to be reserved for ourselves .
13 We could have catered for ourselves , but preferred the no-hassle option of half board which allowed us to indulge in the superb hot and cold buffet dinner provided with free wine .
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