Example sentences of "[to-vb] ourselves on " in BNC.

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1	Most of us want to see ourselves on the screen — although it may turn out to be an unpleasant experience ! — but we 're not usually terribly interested in watching the performance of others .
2	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 .
3	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 .
4	We 're going to always have to fight against it and we 're always going to have to put ourselves on the agenda and put our issues on the agenda .
5	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 .
6	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 .
7	London Underground is spending £100,000 on research to find out why so many of us like to toss ourselves on the rails .
8	‘ 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 . ’
9	To throw ourselves on Paris .
10	‘ We do n't have to prove ourselves on our commitment to fight drugs , ’ he says .
11	Lifting her out of the water we were totally silent , and neither of us seemed to be willing to commit ourselves on a weight so we just put her in the sling and let the scales do the talking .

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