Example sentences of "giving yourself [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not feel guilty about giving yourself a little time off occasionally like this . |
| 2 | The safer option is to start about fifteen per cent further down the line , thereby giving yourself a little more room . |
| 3 | It may just be with a weekly magazine and a cream cake , but you are giving yourself a pat on the back . |
| 4 | Are you saving up , reading about business management , surveying the market , giving yourself a deadline — or are you just wistfully dreaming over the cash register , with no intention of making your dream a reality ? |
| 5 | You will stand a far greater chance of giving yourself a hassle-free journey if you leave your trusty vehicle at home . |
| 6 | Make sure none of the window area is included within the shot otherwise you could be giving yourself a problem with backlighting . |
| 7 | Giving yourself a home facial now and again makes you feel fresher . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | Keep your tan looking even all over by giving yourself a weekly scrub . |
| 11 | ‘ Because you 're not giving yourself a chance to test your own feelings — or to learn whether or not she has changed . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're not giving yourself a chance to test your own feelings ’ , she had advised . |
| 13 | From watching and applauding a youngster 's efforts and triumphs to giving yourself a pat on the back for working well and doing things properly you 'll be chuffed and cheered by today 's developments . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Fit in periods away from people , giving yourself the opportunity to renew your energy and rest your eyes . |
| 18 | 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 . |