Example sentences of "you be [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I suppose that you are consoling yourself after the fashion of a fool who lives in the slums . |
| 2 | ‘ What is the use of doing up the house , if you are to leave yourself in the same poor condition ? ’ demanded Rose . |
| 3 | Walking , running and swimming are the best exercises you can do if you are using yourself in the correct way . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Just by opting for a more left field occupation you 're putting yourself on the edge a bit It really does take a bit of bottle to do that and find your own way through the maze rather than just go with the flow . |
| 6 | So tell me , if the business my grandmother started several decades ago really is on the brink of insolvency , how come you 're sunning yourself in the Caribbean , Mr Sterne ? |
| 7 | You were congratulating yourselves on the fact earlier , I know . ’ |