Example sentences of "[verb] yourself [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And provide yourself with a little amusement into the bargain ? ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Certainly some reliable measure of the way you deliver nursing care is necessary and valuable , both for the client ( or patient ) and his environment , and ultimately for the sense of satisfaction you can enjoy yourself as a reflective practitioner of nursing . |
| 4 | Having clarified your objectives , and provided yourself with the necessary resources , make a start . |
| 5 | It is not worth driving yourself to the major airports in the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | Paper circulates today in vast quantities , and you need only to retrieve some of this to provide yourself with an adequate body of notes at no cost at all . |
| 7 | Firing off a writ or an unfair dismissal application may make you feel better for a little while , but you should think carefully before launching yourself into a full-scale battle . |
| 8 | ‘ It must be strange , ’ she said slowly , ‘ to have been part of the Revolution and then to find yourself on the opposite side from people you fought beside . ’ |
| 9 | However , it is very easy to find yourself in a financial crisis . |
| 10 | The message from my friend is this : that you should keep that pretty little nose out of things that do n't concern you if you do n't want to find yourself in a whole load of trouble . |
| 11 | You drove down a slope to a depth of 50 or more feet , and found yourself in a spacious area which was brightly lit . |
| 12 | Inland , you can get close to the countryside with a few days on a farm or perhaps pamper yourself with a luxury hotel . |
| 13 | Test yourself with the following passage , which contains misspelt words taken from examination scripts . |
| 14 | Would you describe yourself as a hard taskmaster ? |
| 15 | Now place yourself inside the regulationist framework , that is , adopt the stance of a regulationist in relation to the other two theories . |
| 16 | All the evidence seems to indicate that he had become a half-hearted Anglican — perhaps that was a safer way , after all , of establishing yourself as a respectable tradesman than anything which smacked in any way of revolt or radicalism ? |
| 17 | After all , if you have begun addressing yourself for the first time to such an issue you are more likely to be able to have the courage of your convictions at work in trying to tackle , for example , management by inertia . |
| 18 | ‘ Unless you wish to initiate yourself into the ultimate joys of sex right now , be still . |
| 19 | Or imagine yourself in a peaceful place . |
| 20 | Perhaps imagine yourself in a cosy armchair , gazing into a log fire , stroking the cat on your lap and sipping a glass of dandelion wine . |
| 21 | Imagine yourself in a beautiful garden , dancing across the lawns in sheer delight . |
| 22 | Imagine yourself in the new office , or at the successful interview , or signing the contract — and see every detail as clearly as possible . |
| 23 | To take the initiative yourself , however is often too difficult : your mind may have convinced you that your confusion is so much greater than other people 's , your backlog of work so much longer , your reputation so much lower , that to open yourself to the social confirmation of these frightful facts would be a pointless and self-sacrificing thing to do . |
| 24 | Picture yourself with a fabulous change of image and , for some of you , it could come true — thanks to Wella . |
| 25 | Pretend to sell yourself to a higher bidder , no doubt . ’ |
| 26 | Try eating a small amount of a low-fat , high-carbohydrate food before each meal , otherwise you may stuff yourself in a futile attempt to be satiated then eat a rich pudding anyway , since all you really wanted was the carbohydrate . |
| 27 | Forget the last six months , admit it 's been more like a year , remove yourself from the desperate turns on the rack of rejection … at least you know how to love . |
| 28 | Save yourself for the serious business of eating . |
| 29 | You think of the glow of pride that still lingers from your last HVS triumph with embarrassment and try to console yourself with the mitigating circumstances of age , heavy work responsibilities , duty to family , your back problem … |
| 30 | There are peel-off labels for the long holiday dates , something with which you can amuse yourself on the next bank holiday . |