Example sentences of "[v-ing] yourself [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A positive attitude is and important asset when it comes to maintaining a workout regime , and that comes with knowing that you are not pitting yourself against the impossible . |
| 2 | It is not worth driving yourself to the major airports in the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | I wo n't be party to your bitching yourself on the sly . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Patients will often be your greatest ally when testing yourself for the first time . |
| 6 | Whatever course you adopt , you must avoid overstocking the land and overcommitting yourself in the early stages . |
| 7 | Keep positioning yourself in the correct line while turning your own centre-line towards the opponent . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , knowledge and skill can be acquired more quickly through a well-planned training programme , and you would be well advised to consolidate your early practical experience through further training before committing yourself to the full responsibility of your own farm and livestock . |
| 9 | If this is not possible ( and it usually is n't ) , the golden advice at the present time must be to sell first rather than risk lumbering yourself with the crippling expense of having to borrow for several months or possibly longer . |
| 10 | on finding yourself at the wrong lane at a junction should you A stay in it and miss your road , B and wait until you can change or C signal and move over quickly ? |
| 11 | On talking with her son Michael — ‘ Talking with Michael is like going down a water chute and finding yourself in the same swimming pool , very much at the deep end . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You have an unhappy knack , Michael Riven , of finding yourself in the thick of things . |
| 13 | Try putting yourself into the other person 's shoes . |
| 14 | With real concentration and with conscious techniques , carefully followed , you can free many more hours for the activity of educating yourself in the wide ambit of a college life — social , intellectual , argumentative and sportive — and so grow in personality . |
| 15 | It is often possible , then , to understand and so overcome spelling errors , once you understand why you are making an error and can work out a way of reminding yourself of the correct form . |
| 16 | Whenever you go to a new site , start your search by burying a couple of coins and reminding yourself of the different note each one makes in your headphones . |
| 17 | Walking , running and swimming are the best exercises you can do if you are using yourself in the correct way . |
| 18 | It also gives time to improve fencing and drainage , extend water supply and renovate buildings without overtaxing yourself in the early stages . |
| 19 | Going on tour , exposing yourself to the best that there is , painful as it might be , is the only way to get better . |