Example sentences of "are [v-ing] yourself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then make up a minimum of 650 calories ( more , if you are allowing yourself between 1,000 and 1,500 a day ) from Fibre-Filler ( see page 65 ) and the meals on the F-Plan menus . |
| 2 | Walking , running and swimming are the best exercises you can do if you are using yourself in the correct way . |
| 3 | ‘ But I suppose that you are consoling yourself after the fashion of a fool who lives in the slums . |
| 4 | Not simply because it shows that you are enjoying yourself at that moment but because it actually contributes to your physical and mental health . |
| 5 | You are pitting yourself against Pool . |
| 6 | ‘ You are burying yourself in too many thoughts . ’ |
| 7 | Even so , at the very least you ought to make sure that you understand fully what you are committing yourself to before deciding whether you can afford not to press for the document to be amended . |
| 8 | As the introduction says how you intend to proceed , you are committing yourself to a particular course . |
| 9 | ‘ You are involving yourself with a particularly foolish and headstrong group of trouble-makers . |
| 10 | Or maybe you have a desire to ‘ expose ’ yourself in some way — perhaps as an artist or politician — but are blocking yourself through fear of humiliation or rejection ? |
| 11 | Throwing yourself at men , men of gross natures , is a still-greater act of self-abuse , and I can not warn you too strongly that you are placing yourself in the very gravest danger . |
| 12 | ‘ So you are bestirring yourself on this case ! |