Example sentences of "be [verb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are allowing yourself a daily ration of alcohol , allow these calories in addition to a minimum calories ' worth of food and milk from the F-Plan menus . |
| 2 | fact if you do n't inhale at all you 're doing yourself a big favour , but you nearly always get some down ion to the system and really the o the only thing I could ethically recommend as a doctor , is stopping . |
| 3 | And if you just put it in a slightly more formal way on radio , that 's what you 're doing is , you 're not shifting the buck , you 're answering the question , you 're just , you 're giving yourself a bit of leeway . |
| 4 | Now if you knew which numbers were selected less frequently than others , and you kept that information to yourself and you bet on those numbers that were selected less frequently , then unless there 's any special reason why those numbers should produce fewer score draws than other numbers , you 're giving yourself an advantage because on the weeks in which those numbers produce score draws there are fewer people who 'll have them down as their numbers , and so there 's more money around for those few people who have them down , including you , and so if you win , then you 'd expect to win more money . |
| 5 | It may just be with a weekly magazine and a cream cake , but you are giving yourself a pat on the back . |
| 6 | Of every hundred pounds that 's invested , round about forty pounds goes straight to the government in betting duty , round about thirty pounds goes to the football pools in expenses , commissions and profits , leaving round about thirty pounds to be returned in prizes , and so you can see that your rate of return on football pools is extremely small , but on the other hand a very large number of people do enter the football pools , and when they win they can win considerable sums of money and it can make absolute rational economic sense to go in for football pools because you are giving yourself a chance , no matter how small , of winning a sum of money that you would n't expect to come across in any other way of your life . |
| 7 | You are doing yourself a lot of harm by keeping me here like this interrogating me about matters which are protected by the official secrets legislation . ’ |
| 8 | Again , you are on subjective grounds , but by just about any objective industry standard , Trantec are doing themselves a disservice paying for full pages for those ads . |
| 9 | Floy , who had been cutting himself a slice of ham , looked up , because there was a lick of anticipatory pleasure in Goibniu 's tone . |
| 10 | But I see there 's blood sausage , ’ he said , and sent them such a terrible leery grin , that Snodgrass , who had been cutting himself a slice from this , which he had innocently thought was something like the spicy Renascian liver-and-wine-roll , recoiled and snatched his hand back as if he had been burnt . |
| 11 | That means you 'd be denying yourself the beauty and privilege of being a parent . ’ |
| 12 | He said : ‘ For the second year running Cleveland Schools will be denying themselves the services of two exceptionally good athletes and denying the lads the chance of taking part in the English Schools Championships . |
| 13 | Your goal should be to exert yourself a little more each time until you reach a brisk pace and you feel comfortable with it . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm getting myself a cognac from the bar . |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose one of these days you 'll be getting yourself a skirt . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Maybe he looks all right ; but if you buy that horse you 'll be buying yourself a packet o' trouble . ’ |
| 17 | But I would not make this a necessary condition when designing a border , since to do so would be to deny oneself the pleasure of many first-rate foliage plants . |
| 18 | Make sure none of the window area is included within the shot otherwise you could be giving yourself a problem with backlighting . |
| 19 | Do you realise that by simply replying to this letter , you could be giving yourself a tax free lump sum of up to £100,000 . |
| 20 | Do you realise that by simply replying to this letter , you could be giving yourself a tax free lump sum of up to £100,000 ? |
| 21 | Right , well , well , actually yes , what , what you look at , is , is what 's important to you and you put a cash value on it , and it might be the mortgage , it might be education , it might be giving yourself a couple of years ' salary and paying debts or whatever , er , and the security of knowing that O K , if I die , I 'm not leaving a problem for my family , but at the same time if I 'm in a situation where I get a serious illness and I ca n't bring in an income , I 'm securing my , my , my future in that respect . |
| 22 | Encouraged , Bunny suggested he would be doing himself a favour if he asked Desmond Fairchild to dinner . |
| 23 | He believes that sheep farmers who think only about the pound in their pocket could be doing themselves a great disservice . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm giving myself a chance to behave like a decent guy , and you a chance to try being a waitress , since for some unfathomable reason it meant enough to you to lie to get the job . |
| 25 | Sometime in the near future you may have to go for an interview and therefore you will be asking yourself the following questions : |
| 26 | Jacob must be asking himself the same questions now . |
| 27 | In your old age you 'll be making yourself an instant cup of tea |
| 28 | If you were to serve yourself an average helping of cabbage , though , it would usually weigh at least two ounces if you were eating it raw as part of a portion of coleslaw , for example , or four ounces if you were serving boiled cabbage . |
| 29 | So did did they think they were doing themselves a disservice then when they , maybe when they amalgamated , or when they became part of the boilermakers , or when the boilermakers started taking in various trades to approach the employers as a as a a black squad unit for wage rises and conditions and so on , or did they they Would they have preferred to have done it themselves do you think ? |
| 30 | His lips even moved a little , as if he were giving himself a consultation . |