Example sentences of "[conj] you [vb base] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 If something unexpected happens during an inner journey — perhaps one of your guides will appear when you were expecting your inner child , or you find yourself in a cave rather than on a riverbank — go with your own experience .
2 ‘ I have to go out for an hour or so ; therefore I suggest that you acquaint yourself with the filing system and generally try to get the feel of the place .
3 Erm and and you get yourself into a into a hole .
4 And you define yourself by the words you use , in my case words that seek to present bare facts .
5 As we know , if you shut yourself in a garage with no ventilation and leave the engine running , you will eventually stop breathing .
6 If you put yourself in the position to be fashionable , then six months later everyone 's going to take the piss out of you .
7 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 .
8 And more especially if you regard yourself as an artist of great but as yet undiscovered potential but who is forced by impecunious circumstances to provide the musical entertainment at wedding receptions in The Bronx .
9 But if you regard yourself as an experienced dBase user , if you have dBase files and you want to major on your dBase knowledge , dBase remains your best bet .
10 and how you feel yourself , that 's how you present yourself to other people , I think if you present yourself in a confident manner , I think people pick up on that and I do , I do n't think beauty is necessarily what you see , I think its how you feel within yourself and how you present yourself to people .
11 If you perceive yourself as a traveller rather than a tourist , read no further .
12 ‘ But what will you be saying if you see yourself in a month 's time with a list on you like the Leaning Tower of Pisa ?
13 Your attitude , especially if you are not accustomed to dealing with lawyers , will alter considerably if you familiarize yourself with the law as it affects you .
14 If you find yourself as a group leader or chairman accept the responsibility .
15 If you find yourself with a file that 's big enough to manipulate but too big to turn into an ASCII file , cos it does use a lot of
16 Well , my stars say if you find yourself at a low ebb this weekend do n't worry .
17 For example , every time the telephone or doorbell rings , pause for two seconds before answering ( you may find this simple exercise harder than it might seem ! ) ; or , if you find yourself in a heated discussion or argument , count from ten to one before responding .
18 IF YOU find yourself in a kitchen , making masturbatory gestures with a fistful of coffee at Diane Keen — sack your agent !
19 Helping an elderly parent through her sorrow can be a long , hard haul , but very rewarding in the end — not only in terms of her recovery , but also because , if you find yourself in the same position in later years , you will look back on this experience you shared with her and find that it has left you with a far deeper understanding of grief , and a greater confidence in the healing power of time to see you through your own period of adjustment to loss .
20 If you find yourself in the position of having to land the model some distance away ( which you will ) , here again they will be of great help .
21 Although I 'm strongly against what can only be described as the ‘ bastardisation ’ of a property , a little out-of-keeping decor is often unavoidable unless you restrict yourself to a very limited range of choice .
22 You mean you 're leaving me here with that man while you enjoy yourself on the ski-slopes ?
23 Do a little homework before you put yourself at the mercy of a mortgage lender .
24 Next , before you find yourself in a situation you ca n't control you need to know about contraception and safe sex .
25 For the independent pusher , it can be frustrating when you wheel yourself around a likely ‘ circular ’ route , only to discover some steps have not been marked on the map so you have to turn round and come back exactly the same way .
26 ‘ The pleasure comes later , when you elevate yourself to the status of a student and a teacher — that 's how I see the job . ’
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