Example sentences of "you [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why the hell did n't you throw yourself at the door ? ’ |
| 2 | As you flung yourself on the bed , with legs spread wide apart , you cupped your rosebush with your hands and stroked it some more , murmuring all the while in that hoarse , cracked voice of yours that it was good , beautiful , a little treasure . |
| 3 | Do you regard yourself to the left or to the right in politics ? |
| 4 | If you 're a good girl I 'll take you home myself in the morning . ’ |
| 5 | Er and you , you , you provided yourself with the uniform before you came as a student nurse so that was alright for the first year , so you 'd no uniform to provide . |
| 6 | I suggest that where an average portion provides less than 20 calories you let yourself off the chore of weighing while following the F-Plan slimming method . |
| 7 | Do a little homework before you put yourself at the mercy of a mortgage lender . |
| 8 | ‘ If you put yourself in the position to be fashionable , then six months later everyone 's going to take the piss out of you . |
| 9 | you , if you put yourself in the position of a burglar , and y you 're already , you 've done it , you 're already making choices . |
| 10 | You put yourself in the right mental state and adopt the persona that 's needed . ’ |
| 11 | Once you had served a few years , you might come to detest the job , but you committed yourself to the future . |
| 12 | Your attitude , especially if you are not accustomed to dealing with lawyers , will alter considerably if you familiarize yourself with the law as it affects you . |
| 13 | Even if you do n't want to go back to your ex-wife , counselling may help you to free yourself from the past . |
| 14 | If you can not find someone to conduct a mock interview then leave a tape-recorder on while you practise some of your more important answers and the way in which you describe yourself to the interviewer . |
| 15 | You mean you 're leaving me here with that man while you enjoy yourself on the ski-slopes ? |
| 16 | Set realistic goals Make sure you can achieve what you set yourself in the time |
| 17 | HOW HAVE YOU integrated yourself into the Glaswegian community you paint ? |
| 18 | HOW HAVE YOU integrated yourself into the Glaswegian community you paint ? |
| 19 | ‘ The pleasure comes later , when you elevate yourself to the status of a student and a teacher — that 's how I see the job . ’ |
| 20 | You find yourself on the crest of a steep ridge running gently north east towards the summit . |
| 21 | When you die you find yourself in the World of the Dead . |
| 22 | Then , round a corner , you find yourself in the famous archaeological dig , which has been reconstructed where it took place , with the preserved tenth century buildings re-erected where they were found . |
| 23 | Helping an elderly parent through her sorrow can be a long , hard haul , but very rewarding in the end — not only in terms of her recovery , but also because , if you find yourself in the same position in later years , you will look back on this experience you shared with her and find that it has left you with a far deeper understanding of grief , and a greater confidence in the healing power of time to see you through your own period of adjustment to loss . |
| 24 | If you find yourself in the position of having to land the model some distance away ( which you will ) , here again they will be of great help . |
| 25 | No matter , because we 're asking you to project yourself into the very heart of the Swinging Sixties myth — into the lives of the |
| 26 | And you define yourself by the words you use , in my case words that seek to present bare facts . |
| 27 | Neutral , euphemistic , alliterative , you distanced yourself from the idea of neighbours killing each other . |
| 28 | ‘ I have to go out for an hour or so ; therefore I suggest that you acquaint yourself with the filing system and generally try to get the feel of the place . |
| 29 | ‘ You modelling yourself on the Israelis ? ’ |
| 30 | Should you be more diligent in the way you apply yourself to the tasks in hand ? |