Example sentences of "make yourself " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The guide-book warned us about hotel touts of your sort , and unless you make yourself scarce I shall put you into the hands of the Carabinieri . ’ |
| 2 | Make yourself feel better . |
| 3 | He 's nice like that , is Peter — you know , he do n't wait for me to ask — he just says ‘ Make yourself at home , Billy ’ or ‘ Have a look at this , ’ or ‘ Guess where I got this ? ’ |
| 4 | Instead of making yourself a killing machine , now you make yourself a sex machine ( look at titles like ‘ Body To Body , ’ ‘ Drive ’ ) . |
| 5 | Even though we may say , ‘ Make yourself at home ’ , we might be a little taken aback if they took us at our word and kicked off their shoes , lounged around on the settee , helped themselves to our coffee , tea , larder and even our wine ! |
| 6 | She felt Jackie Tiptoe 's breath on her cheek and heard his whisper , ‘ Do n't fight , do n't think , make yourself into a machine , it 's the only way . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Make yourself at home , ’ Nails said sarcastically . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll get the car out and you go and make yourself respectable . ’ |
| 9 | Go to bed and make yourself ready for sleep . |
| 10 | Close your eyes and make yourself comfortable . |
| 11 | Make yourself at home , Vern — eat as many biscuits as you like . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Make yourself comfortable , Jed . |
| 13 | MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME |
| 14 | ‘ Please make yourself at home , then . |
| 15 | Make a note to strengthen your defences against future encounters , speculate on the likely result of introducing your ‘ sympathetic ’ friend to Mrs P , then make yourself a cup of tea . |
| 16 | Make yourself a candlelit dinner for one . |
| 17 | Make yourself a sandwich . ’ |
| 18 | When the tea was over Maggie brought out two deck chairs from the summer house and after putting them up she pointed to one , saying , ‘ Make yourself comfortable , I 'm going to help Aunt clear up . |
| 19 | Make yourself a present of Silences and keep it by you as a reference book . |
| 20 | What on earth were you trying to do , make yourself look handsome or something ? |
| 21 | ‘ As the other dressers have vanished , you 'd better stay up this end and make yourself very visible . |
| 22 | At that stage he seems to have cut his natural philosophy from the worsted cliches of a poor childhood : ‘ never rely on anybody else ’ , ‘ make yourself independent as soon as you can ’ , ‘ put a bit by for a rainy day ’ , ‘ do n't let the good times run away with you ’ . |
| 23 | Upon arrival in The Hague , make yourself at home in your hotel with time to explore this famous city . |
| 24 | Make yourself rare , Birgit , rare ’ . ’ |
| 25 | Make yourself a quick cup of tea or coffee with a compact travel kettle . |
| 26 | Nottingham graduates coming back to Nottingham and visiting the University will be particularly welcome — please make yourself known to the staff of the Visitor Centre . |
| 27 | Make yourself familiar with the form of the exam . |
| 28 | You can talk about it to a close friend , though , which very often helps to ease the situation and subsequently make yourself better . |
| 29 | Then with a full stomach after a meal make yourself a shopping list , and go shopping . |
| 30 | If you are about to enter articles , make yourself familiar with the kind of training to which you are entitled , though you should of course use tact in bringing any inadequacies to the attention of your principal . |