Example sentences of "[verb] yourself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delight yourself in the Lord |
| 2 | The only thing they really lacked was that extra bit of meanness that you need to impose yourself on a game . ’ |
| 3 | Keep yourself clean from head to foot and provide yourself with opening medicine in case of need . |
| 4 | And provide yourself with a little amusement into the bargain ? ’ |
| 5 | For the less rarified among us they are the things you press yourself between before turning out the light . |
| 6 | ‘ I wanted to write , but when you study English literature it paralyses you from being a creative writer , because what you read is so wonderful all the time , you feel you ca n't possibly pit yourself against them and try yourself . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | You are pitting yourself against Pool . |
| 9 | It is then physically impossible to position yourself to be able to extend your arm down the hole to grip the rabbits . |
| 10 | He found it hard to remember whether you had to position yourself on the left or the right side . |
| 11 | Both The Mall and Birdcage Walk are open and you can use Horse Guards Parade to get to the inside of the course and Hyde Park Corner , Victoria or Pall Mall to position yourself outside of the railings . |
| 12 | ‘ And you , ’ I asked , hungry to question a culture I had only been able to observe , ‘ what do you consider yourself to be ? ’ |
| 13 | It is , and keeping yourself in trim is very important when you 're not working . |
| 14 | One biscuit becomes a whole packet , one chocolate bar turns into three and before you know where you are you 've trapped yourself into a wholesale binge . |
| 15 | WHY DID N'T YOU RID YOURSELF OF HIM ? |
| 16 | ‘ I know that you are predisposed to leave things here ; I have employed purely technical means to help you rid yourself of something you wish to regard as a technical problem but behind this eidetic delusion we both know there lies an emotional reality . |
| 17 | I laughed , and she said , ‘ Laughing is a way of protecting yourself from the truth . ’ |
| 18 | • Give artificial respiration if your child stops breathing , protecting yourself from burning by wiping his face first ( below ) or giving aid through a clean handkerchief . |
| 19 | Protecting yourself against loss of income and the expenses incurred during hospitalisation is an important step towards safeguarding your standard of living . |
| 20 | Apart from making sure that permanent mains-voltage lights are installed by a competent electrician , the main way of protecting yourself against getting an electric shock from garden lights is to install an RCD . |
| 21 | If you base yourself in Kinlochleven and use the popular campsite in the glen for an overnight stop , the circuit could make a rewarding introduction to the rigours of backpacking in this Highland region . |
| 22 | I think you were amusing yourself at my expense . ’ |
| 23 | You knew a river stone had been used to kill Hatton and today you , who get twenty pounds a week and never have a penny to bless yourself with , spent a hundred and twenty quid on luxury equipment . |
| 24 | In many cases this is due to great disappointment : if you can not enjoy yourself at Christmas when can you enjoy yourself ? |
| 25 | Certainly some reliable measure of the way you deliver nursing care is necessary and valuable , both for the client ( or patient ) and his environment , and ultimately for the sense of satisfaction you can enjoy yourself as a reflective practitioner of nursing . |
| 26 | They both agreed that if you could n't enjoy yourself on the way , what was the point in running a business that afforded them so much freedom to travel ? |
| 27 | You can enjoy yourself with beautiful smoked salmon and olives or soup , followed by roast lamb and a few spuds from the garden , French beans , or whatever . |
| 28 | Some years later he commented on this to Minton who gave an insight into their insouciance : draw in the morning , when fresh , he advised , so that you can enjoy yourself in the afternoon . |
| 29 | He says you can still go out and enjoy yourself in the sun but it 's important to wear a hat and protective clothing — and to avoid the sun altogether when it 's at its height . |
| 30 | And also , as he watched the boxer on the television , Boy began to think that there are two kinds of sex : the kind of sex where you say do this , do that , or you manoeuvre yourself into position for a particular kind of pleasure ; and then there is the other kind of sex , where you want not someone else 's body that had done those things the night before or the afternoon before . |