Example sentences of "[pers pn] put [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 And I put myself out to find out what they liked best .
2 It is important that I put myself in a position to be able to give you the best possible advice .
3 mm , I 'm always putting you off , I put myself off you do n't concentrate .
4 I put myself .
5 God forbid it if ever I put myself in your position !
6 So the ones I definitely know I 'm going to get appointments with , if I go and do that , I put myself into a comfort zone do n't I ?
7 I put myself in a position to be able to make these works . ’
8 So I was n't bitter when I put myself into the hands of the surgeon and that splendid bank nurse was so thoughtful as to ask me the question .
9 Then I attend to the words I have uttered , and , in so doing , I put myself , as a thinker , outside what I have said , and perhaps prepare to say something further , such as ‘ to cash a cheque ’ .
10 I put myself down as well to prove myself wrong .
11 ‘ In 1989 I crashed a lot because I put myself under too much pressure .
12 But it is not their wish that I put myself into their shoes , rather than living free and wishing that for them also .
13 I put myself on the line for him once already and look where it got me : thirty-six hours in jail ; Interrogations every four hours .
14 ‘ One day , if I write my memoirs — the only thing I shall write well , if ever I put myself to the task of doing it — you will find a place in them , and what a place !
15 YEAH , yeah , I put myself around , I was an aggressive player but I was skilful , too . ’
16 I put myself forward not expecting to win , but available to pick up an extra seat if it was there . ’
17 I put myself in the place of the people in the picture .
18 Why should I put myself to a lot of trouble and difficulty when — perhaps — you could just give the terrorists what they ask and save all the bother ? ’
19 More to the point , where do I put myself ?
20 Why am I putting myself through all this ?
21 If you put yourself in each prisoner 's place , assuming both to be motivated by rational self-interest and remembering that they can not talk to one another to make a pact , you will see that neither has any choice but to betray the other , thereby condemning both to heavy sentences .
22 You put yourself into cold storage for two years as far as any kind of political practice goes and just sit and think — and do n't forget you 'll get paid £5000 a year to sit and think about the purity of the struggle we 're all fighting back here . ’
23 The magistrate told Long : ‘ You put yourself in charge of a lethal weapon and posed very grave dangers to innocent members of the public . ’
24 ‘ If you put yourself in the position to be fashionable , then six months later everyone 's going to take the piss out of you .
25 The purpose of the USRC was explained by its secretary to Lord Willoughby de Broke in August 1911 : " I still remain convinced as I have always been that unless you put yourself straight with the people on Social questions all your Tariff Reform , Home Rule or Constitutional thunderbolts will be discharged -in vain .
26 Do a little homework before you put yourself at the mercy of a mortgage lender .
27 you , if you put yourself in the position of a burglar , and y you 're already , you 've done it , you 're already making choices .
28 You put yourself in the right mental state and adopt the persona that 's needed . ’
29 Presumably when you do land in a position like that even though as you say you 're getting near the end of the game for the blue ball , you would n't deliberately not go through the hoop , if you 'll put in that , if you put yourself in that position ?
30 Well you put yourself there now do n't you ?
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