Example sentences of "you [verb] yourself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , if you squeeze yourself and your mates into a ‘ compact ’ studio and live on bread and cheese , you can live more cheaply in France than in a Swiss hotel . |
| 2 | If it 's a private job , then it 's only common courtesy to have a word with the owners of the house and ask if they mind you helping yourself to an old door , or whatever . |
| 3 | You pick yourself up and soldier on , do n't you ? |
| 4 | Above : This Apex Tudor garage door can be supplied unfinished , for you to paint yourself |
| 5 | Are you enjoying yourself , darling ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Are you enjoying yourself ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Are n't you enjoying yourself , then ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Are you enjoying yourself with your friends ? ’ |
| 9 | Are you enjoying yourself there ? |
| 10 | ‘ Since you declare yourself so amenable , as a matter of fact , I have a proposition . ’ |
| 11 | If you push yourself to your absolute limits and suffer terribly , the chances that you will be able to motivate yourself to suffer equally in two or three days ' time are practically zilch . |
| 12 | Slower , and you do n't reap the benefits of the run ; faster , and you push yourself too hard . |
| 13 | ‘ The guide-book warned us about hotel touts of your sort , and unless you make yourself scarce I shall put you into the hands of the Carabinieri . ’ |
| 14 | Instead of making yourself a killing machine , now you make yourself a sex machine ( look at titles like ‘ Body To Body , ’ ‘ Drive ’ ) . |
| 15 | ABBERLEY : My dear love , you make yourself sound so old . |
| 16 | Your five minutes only start when you make yourself known . |
| 17 | You can try if you , if you make yourself but if you 're trying to stick to a |
| 18 | ‘ Since the situation is unavoidable I suggest that now you 're better you make yourself as useful as possible , preparing meals and so on while I get on with my work . |
| 19 | You make yourself cough more by lying down there . |
| 20 | You hate yourself . ’ |
| 21 | You hate yourself . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You hate yourself . ’ |
| 23 | You change as you write , you change yourself , you change the way you think … |
| 24 | You are all I 've got , all I 've got left to build my life on ; my life has been one long frustration , and to stand aside and see you throw yourself away on scum like … ’ |
| 25 | I have worked for you in all ways practically from the moment you were born and I 'd die rather than see you throw yourself away on the likes of her ; for she is scum , and I repeat it , scum . |
| 26 | ‘ How can you throw yourself away ’ down a gold mine ? ’ |
| 27 | Why the hell did n't you throw yourself at the door ? ’ |
| 28 | This is that , by ensuring that the company is not required to prepare group accounts , you deny yourself the exemption from publishing a parent company p&l account in s230 ( see Accounting Solutions , ACCOUNTANCY , April , p 77 ) . |
| 29 | ‘ You judge yourself too harshly , fräulein . |
| 30 | The drama school will give you some advice on when and where to write to , and how you organise your letters , but outside advice is very important in helping you to see yourself in perspective . |