Example sentences of "you be [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hey , when have you been treating yourself to that one then ? |
| 2 | ‘ So you are bestirring yourself on this case ! |
| 3 | Then make up a minimum of 650 calories ( more , if you are allowing yourself between 1,000 and 1,500 a day ) from Fibre-Filler ( see page 65 ) and the meals on the F-Plan menus . |
| 4 | ‘ You are involving yourself with a particularly foolish and headstrong group of trouble-makers . |
| 5 | ‘ You are to confine yourself to a mosque until after the Moulid . |
| 6 | ‘ But I suppose that you are consoling yourself after the fashion of a fool who lives in the slums . |
| 7 | Not simply because it shows that you are enjoying yourself at that moment but because it actually contributes to your physical and mental health . |
| 8 | ‘ What is the use of doing up the house , if you are to leave yourself in the same poor condition ? ’ demanded Rose . |
| 9 | Walking , running and swimming are the best exercises you can do if you are using yourself in the correct way . |
| 10 | ‘ You are burying yourself in too many thoughts . ’ |
| 11 | Even so , at the very least you ought to make sure that you understand fully what you are committing yourself to before deciding whether you can afford not to press for the document to be amended . |
| 12 | As the introduction says how you intend to proceed , you are committing yourself to a particular course . |
| 13 | You are pitting yourself against Pool . |
| 14 | Throwing yourself at men , men of gross natures , is a still-greater act of self-abuse , and I can not warn you too strongly that you are placing yourself in the very gravest danger . |
| 15 | If you 're lying in bed trying to go to sleep and you 're screwing yourself into a ball of self-disgust , you 're gon na find the sheets get colder and your limbs get stiffer , and if you do n't break the mood you 'd be better out of bed . |
| 16 | The bank manager 's said O K an overdraft facility while you 're establishing yourself in your first year . |
| 17 | What does matter is that you 're wearing yourself to a shadow to make a bare livelihood — and my hands are tied , ’ he said violently , looking down at them as though he longed to tear off the invisible fetters . |
| 18 | " You 're filling yourself with poisons , " said Helen . |
| 19 | If I 'm right , why you 're hiding yourself from me is a mystery . |
| 20 | If you 're basing yourself at one campsite place an old groundsheet or plastic sheet under the tent . |
| 21 | You 're deceiving yourself about that too , of course . ’ |
| 22 | But by and large you 're putting yourself through hell just to squeeze out that last drop of RAM that you wo n't actually use : you run programs like WordPerfect 5.1 which can run in 512Kb , so memory is n't important here . |
| 23 | Just by opting for a more left field occupation you 're putting yourself on the edge a bit It really does take a bit of bottle to do that and find your own way through the maze rather than just go with the flow . |
| 24 | You 're working yourself into a state . |
| 25 | right , you be careful you 're letting yourself in here |
| 26 | So tell me , if the business my grandmother started several decades ago really is on the brink of insolvency , how come you 're sunning yourself in the Caribbean , Mr Sterne ? |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sorry you 're depriving yourself of so much pleasure . ’ |
| 28 | Mum , you 're worrying yourself for no reason . |
| 29 | You 're defending yourself by being indifferent again . ’ |
| 30 | True , you ca n't do it , if you 're restricting yourself to a positive answer . |