Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] yourself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " You 'd better send yourself to Hoggatt 's if you want to get there by eight-thirty . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd better mind yourself with this fellow . |
| 3 | ‘ Then you 'd better brace yourself for disappointment , because this time you 're going to be unsuccessful . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Now , Mr O'Malley , ’ the sergeant said sternly , ‘ I strongly advise you not to ; you 'll only get yourself into serious trouble . |
| 5 | You 'll only get yourself into trouble . |
| 6 | ‘ You had better get yourself into the washhouse and clean yourself up , ’ she said , ‘ I am going round to the Post Office and let Sid Watkins know . ’ |
| 7 | You 'd better get yourself on a plane tomorrow morning and get it … ! ’ |
| 8 | Whilst sailing in surf you should always keep an eye out for these sets since if you do n't you may suddenly find yourself amongst the larger waves whose ‘ rinse cycles ’ are considerably more vigorous than that of a washing machine . |
| 9 | Enter our simple competition and you could not only find yourself with the answer to all your bedroom storage needs , but also regain an extra , usable room . |
| 10 | It 's very important that you read widely , both novels and playscripts , and do n't just confine yourself to an exam syllabus . |
| 11 | Because I 've had enough of it all my life what with one thing and another , and what I mean is , I do n't want you getting yourself into trouble trying to mind my back when I 'm OK really , and you 'll just land yourself in it doing the unnecessary . ’ |
| 12 | With practice this skill becomes instinctive and you do n't have to think about your sailing — you can just switch yourself to ‘ automatic pilot ’ and concentrate on other aspects of the race . |
| 13 | In short , I 'll be looking at how you can best protect yourself in the event of your computer going wrong . |
| 14 | I mean if your child was born with one arm you 'll still fucking blame yourself for it would n't you at the end of the day . |
| 15 | ‘ I think you 'd best get yourself off home now . |
| 16 | ‘ I wanted to write , but when you study English literature it paralyses you from being a creative writer , because what you read is so wonderful all the time , you feel you ca n't possibly pit yourself against them and try yourself . ’ |
| 17 | Do you still see yourself as a socialist ? |
| 18 | So nothing to do with pets really , just put up with the hope or you can always take yourself with you miaow spreading the . |
| 19 | Ideally , you need a few minutes to settle comfortably before setting off , but if you have to rush you can usually blame yourself for not getting in before he cable or towplane arrives . |
| 20 | ‘ It is entirely up to you whether you can gradually raise yourself to the highest position of eminence ever achieved by a musician … whether you choose to leave this world having been ensnared by a skirt , forced to lie on straw and shut up with an attic-full of starving children , or whether , after a Christian life , you go full of satisfaction , honour and glory , your family well provided for , and your name revered by all . ’ |
| 21 | With respect to BACKUP , the safest way to handle the use of pseudo-devices , especially if you may be mixing saves and restores on physical devices and pseudo-devices , is to always place yourself in the [ 000000 ] directory ( whether it physically exists , or is only a notional location , as is the case with a pseudo-device ) and use the syntax [ * … ] |
| 22 | ‘ But it was good food on board , on the whole ; and you could always help yourself with biscuits and a bit of cheese or something . |
| 23 | If you were n't , you 'd probably sack yourself on the spot . |
| 24 | Can you also put yourself in the editor 's shoes and draft a short introductory paragraph . |
| 25 | Can you also place yourself within a greater tradition ? |
| 26 | Can you also place yourself within a greater tradition ? |
| 27 | ‘ It would seem that you ca n't even get yourself from A to B without making a mess of it . |
| 28 | You can then congratulate yourself for going over your time , or at least by persevering satisfy yourself that you have made a little headway . |
| 29 | In fact you could n't adequately express yourself in English you were just better to shut up . |
| 30 | If you want to give the time … do n't unnecessarily expose yourself to danger |