Example sentences of "to yourself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you 're criticised by others , there can be great solace in thinking quietly to yourself about the flip side of the description . |
| 2 | You probably want to use the first few rows of the spreadsheet for a general title plus notes to yourself about the date of creation and date of most recent revision so enter the headings you want in row 9 of the spreadsheet using short labels but ones that you will find meaningful in the reports you will want to create later on . |
| 3 | You 're going to be happiest closer to home now , Cancer and you 'll need time to yourself at the beginning of June . |
| 4 | ‘ You do enough mumbling to yourself at the back of the shop when the child 's around , but when it comes to something constructive … ’ |
| 5 | It 's no good whispering them to yourself on the top deck of an otherwise empty bus , you 've got to shout them in school halls , fields , front rooms of houses , from your bedroom window … anywhere , really . |
| 6 | My mother was the sort of person who regards talking to yourself as the first sign of madness . |
| 7 | When referring to yourself as the writer , it is possible to use a range of forms : " I " , " we " , " one " , " the present author " , etc . |
| 8 | It takes imagination and a lot of practice to read a play to yourself in the same time as it would take to see it on the stage . |
| 9 | When someone gives you some information , try to repeat it to yourself in the same way it was given to you . |
| 10 | It was Mike Nichols 's point of view that you should always be close to yourself in the most personal way to convey not only truth but humour . |
| 11 | No matter how many people you see , I think it 's all down to yourself in the end . |
| 12 | There is also , in the fabric of the study method , the personal communication from you to yourself in the form of notes . |
| 13 | We pray for men and women in lands where there is hatred of one group for another , that their hearts may be turned to yourself in the search for righteousness and truth . |
| 14 | So if you value your anatomy , I suggest you keep your marauding Viking hands to yourself in the future . ’ |