Example sentences of "[was/were] yourself " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know whether the child was happy with Mrs Reed , but she stayed there ten years , until she went to Lowood school , where you were yourself . |
| 2 | When listening to cases in court you should do so not passively , like the spectator of a play , but with active thought , as though you were yourself taking part ; framing in your mind during the examination-in-chief the questions you would put to the witness if the cross-examination fell to you . |
| 3 | That 's the kind of war this one was , one where the only person you could trust was yourself , and yourself not that much . |
| 4 | The one person you could n't fool was yourself . |
| 5 | There was yourself and , Jack |
| 6 | ‘ All you could think of was yourself , just expecting me to drop my former life for yours . |
| 7 | say if it was yourself and father who both were n't well , he would , if you just pick up the phone and say , I 'm running short can I have a b b and he , he brings it round , like you know , j j |