Example sentences of "you [vb past] yourself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You got yourself into it , you can get yourself out of it . ’ |
| 2 | As you flung yourself on the bed , with legs spread wide apart , you cupped your rosebush with your hands and stroked it some more , murmuring all the while in that hoarse , cracked voice of yours that it was good , beautiful , a little treasure . |
| 3 | The philosophy of ‘ isms ’ has been degraded here , but when we last spoke you described yourself as an ‘ independent socialist ’ . |
| 4 | Er and you , you , you provided yourself with the uniform before you came as a student nurse so that was alright for the first year , so you 'd no uniform to provide . |
| 5 | Have you been at a party where you found yourself in a room and people started skinning up ? |
| 6 | It causes no pollution , either in terms of fuel consumption or noise , yet finding yourself suddenly cowering in the shadow of a huge coloured parachute at the top of a hill where you imagined yourself to be alone , bursts the illusionary balloon of solitude and remote wilderness for me . |
| 7 | Once you had served a few years , you might come to detest the job , but you committed yourself to the future . |
| 8 | If you committed yourself to doing every exercise in Part Two in the order given , you would miss an opportunity to ‘ listen to the whispers ’ which guide you towards what you need , right now , as a unique individual . |
| 9 | ‘ — would you mind confirming exactly how you distinguished yourself by finding us ? |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't find it particularly surprising that you allowed yourself to be seduced by her . |
| 11 | Apsley was right : you adjusted yourself to prison life . |
| 12 | You enjoyed yourself in America |
| 13 | Neutral , euphemistic , alliterative , you distanced yourself from the idea of neighbours killing each other . |
| 14 | And er it was very reg a regular come territorial battalion , and I was one of five foreigners from up country , erm you thought yourself as er an absolute native in grass skirts , waving a machete , or something . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's time you took yourself off the market , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Mr Crum would dismiss ye on the spot if you presented yourself at the warehouse wearing those … those … dancing girls ’ things … probably send me packing as well if I was along with you . ’ |
| 17 | If you invested a pound on a horse , then the amount of money you 'd expect to get back would depend on the odds that that horse was offered at , but if you confined yourself to horses that had a reasonable chance of winning , say , the sort of horses that tend to be offered at odds of , say , six or seven to one or better , then your average rate of return might be nearer ninety per cent than thirty per cent , so putting it one way betting a pound a week on the horses is a slower way of losing your money than betting a pound a week on football pools , but football pools gives you a much greater chance of winning an absolutely astonishing sum of money . |
| 18 | To be named in Red Channels was to be unemployable … unless you cleared yourself by making a voluntary appearance before the House Committee or McCarthy 's Sub-Committee as a ‘ friendly witness ’ who shopped his former friends to prove the ‘ sincerity ’ of his repentance . |
| 19 | If you attached yourself to his particular rising star , you could shoot for the moon . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Once the novelty 's worn off , everywhere 's just like home , ’ she said , remembering the brief , pure joy of strange hotel rooms , which gradually became familiar as you unpacked the things you 'd brought with you and acquired the kind of things you were wont to acquire , so that very soon you recognized yourself in your surroundings and understood that there was no escape . |