Example sentences of "[vb pp] yourself " in BNC.
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| 1 | One biscuit becomes a whole packet , one chocolate bar turns into three and before you know where you are you 've trapped yourself into a wholesale binge . |
| 2 | You will probably have to have a tetanus injection , particularly if you have wounded yourself while gardening . |
| 3 | Well have you sorted yourself out a nice hand out |
| 4 | A business that you may never have considered yourself involved in ; publishing . |
| 5 | And you had telephoned yourself without success . |
| 6 | Well , well , well , Captain , I nearly did you a great injustice a minute or two ago , I thought you had not perhaps addressed yourself to the problem on hand . |
| 7 | It 's a hell-raiser with 24-carat cuff-links and rounded vowels , it 's a freshly squeezed orange juice with a large shot of vodka — and like a Mickey Finn , the beauty of the Bentley is that you do n't know quite what you 've let yourself in for . |
| 8 | Pouf , man , you 've let yourself be scared by a figure plucked out of the clouds . |
| 9 | You 've let yourself be out negotiated . ’ |
| 10 | at the the time I think when I was n't being assertive and when I was n't the difference was the person was younger than me and I was being assertive and then when I perhaps was n't and like said you feel after that you 've let yourself down . |
| 11 | It 's a bit like coming back to Britain and finding you 've committed yourself to living in Brigadoon . ’ |
| 12 | Once you 've committed yourself to that theme , the route 's discreet wealth unfolds , and its names are movement and texture . |
| 13 | Once you have committed yourself to a policy , you will not usually be able to move your money without considerable financial penalty . |
| 14 | She flushed at the implied rebuke , but retorted , ‘ Then why have n't you committed yourself ? |
| 15 | It might be an idea to consider whether you have ‘ programmed yourself ’ to be an insomniac by telling yourself that you are one of those people who ‘ never finds it easy to fall asleep ’ . |
| 16 | You can not expect to be asked the questions exactly as they appear here and you will be badly thrown if you have programmed yourself with exact responses to very particular questions which do not crop up in the way you had anticipated . |
| 17 | If you say , ‘ I keep thinking you might take some LSD and have a bad trip and get scrambled-egg brains and never be the same again and I really love you the way you are , ’ that 's fine because you 've confined yourself to what you know and what you feel . |
| 18 | ‘ This time you have overreached yourself . |
| 19 | If you achieve this , then a record deal is just around the corner , and you will have earned yourself a strong negotiating position which should enable you to sign the deal you want and not the first deal that is offered . |
| 20 | Incidentally , Willoughby , you 've earned yourself a black mark for that little trouble . |
| 21 | ( You 've earned yourself a booking ! — Ed . ) |
| 22 | There 's the erm er the value of the contract per year , there 's a first year you know it 's just the the co cost of the ad thirty percent that 's what the commission was worth and it 's nice to come out with a signature for a erm and this was a charity one so they got it slightly less , erm er and know that you 've just earned yourself that much . |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps you should have concerned yourself as much about avoiding emotional involvement yourself as about protecting me , ’ she said , and her voice was still sharp . |
| 24 | You know , it 's my opinion that in some areas of Belfast , if you have n't gone out , got drunk , had a chinkers , thrown up , and beaten the wife up , you have n't enjoyed yourself . |
| 25 | ‘ You look as though you 've enjoyed yourself , ’ Laura said when she went into the kitchen . |
| 26 | Oh yes , I 've Have you enjoyed yourself at school ? |
| 27 | ‘ You 're not exactly overworked yourself , are you ? ’ |
| 28 | Now what other injury have you done yourself ? |
| 29 | Sanding can be done yourself as long as you wear a medical mask ( from chemists or drug stores ) and are prepared for a lot of noise . |
| 30 | ‘ You 've said yourself , ’ continued Nelly , in cooing tones , ‘ how nice I cook , and keep the house to rights . |