Example sentences of "want [to-vb] yourself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The message from my friend is this : that you should keep that pretty little nose out of things that do n't concern you if you do n't want to find yourself in a whole load of trouble . |
| 2 | You want to sacrifice yourself in a bloody revolution that will have no hope of success , and you want to sacrifice hundreds , perhaps thousands of young lives with you ! |
| 3 | If you 're ill , off work , what 's the last thing you want to worry yourself with . |
| 4 | They are lovely to visit — especially when you want to feast yourself on a Dorset cream tea — but it is the rolling countryside and stunning coastline which attract the many lovers of the outdoors . |
| 5 | But it comes down to how openly you want to express yourself as a Muslim . |
| 6 | If you want to expose yourself to someone , then do it to one of your fancy women ; you 'll do it no longer to my daughter , my daughter . |
| 7 | You want to pat yourself on your , on your back and think you know what a good boy I am , or what a good girl I am , and of course you 're doing , your superego is doing to you what your parents would 've done as , as , when you were a child , they 're rewarding you saying good boy , good girl , have n't you been good ? |
| 8 | ‘ Yeah , if you want to keep yourself to yourself that 's no problem , ’ Pete , the man of about my age , said . |
| 9 | Comment : Very useful device when you want to ingratiate yourself with another person who is trying hard to play high status . |
| 10 | You wo n't want to extricate yourself from a personal promise or commitment , but you will begin to feel tied down and wish you 'd never got involved in the first place . |
| 11 | However bad a landlord , there is a crucial rule that needs to be kept in mind if you do n't want to put yourself on the wrong side of the law . |
| 12 | There is actually a television room as well , I think , but if you do want to keep yourself to yourself that 's fine . |