Example sentences of "you [verb] yourself [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In Israel if you got in debt you made yourself a voluntary slave for six years to the person you owed money to , a form of community service , and then you were set free after six years and your debts cancelled and you were given a new start in life . |
2 | Why do you make yourself an intimate of the younger Altun — why were you Nogai 's friend ? ’ |
3 | ‘ Do you consider yourself a rich man ? ’ |
4 | Now if you 're a racing buff , listen out because it 's a superb prize , if you consider yourself a little bit of an expert on the turf that is . |
5 | So when you 're planning your retirement , make sure that you give yourself a reasonable standard of living in terms of income . |
6 | If you can aim squarely , hold the club correctly and form a good stance , then you give yourself the best chance to strike the ball correctly . |
7 | That 's right trying to find work these days can be demanding and extremely frustrating so you want to make sure that you give yourself the best chance of getting a job and one way to help is to do a good application form and know how to handle yourself in an interview . |
8 | There Roman time they , well as you know yourself a few hundred years they hope to find er nearly half of the world |
9 | Again another thing too , is that boosting your ego side , if you s if you set yourself a little bit of a target and you can manage it er can you run up the hill ? |
10 | It could be that you 've never taken your family abroad on holiday , so you set yourself a little objective , that in two years ' time , I want to take them all , even if it 's a damn package deal on a flight to Tenerife , do it , will you feel good , will the family enjoy it ? |
11 | I have in some sort made myself a party to your situation , and it will go hard with my conscience if you find yourself no better blessed than in your old condition . |
12 | It 's not often you find yourself an enforced eavesdropper on two people screwing each other up with murder in their hearts . |
13 | ‘ Why do n't you cut yourself a nice thick slice and try it ? ’ |
14 | You call yourself a trained secretary ? ’ |
15 | And do you allow yourself the occasional binge ? |
16 | How would you feel if you knitted yourself a nice little doll , out of the most expensive yarn you could buy , and spent the best years of your life working on it to make it as perfect as you could — then it suddenly got up and walked away and turned into something different ? ’ |
17 | When Gifford Tate was alive and used to visit him , Tate had croaked through his beard : ‘ Why the hell do n't you get yourself a decent studio , Eddie ? |