Example sentences of "[vb past] yourself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the fight against obesity you have , no doubt , often regarded yourself as your own worst enemy . |
| 2 | Having clarified your objectives , and provided yourself with the necessary resources , make a start . |
| 3 | Er and you , you , you provided yourself with the uniform before you came as a student nurse so that was alright for the first year , so you 'd no uniform to provide . |
| 4 | The philosophy of ‘ isms ’ has been degraded here , but when we last spoke you described yourself as an ‘ independent socialist ’ . |
| 5 | Have you been at a party where you found yourself in a room and people started skinning up ? |
| 6 | You drove down a slope to a depth of 50 or more feet , and found yourself in a spacious area which was brightly lit . |
| 7 | Once you had served a few years , you might come to detest the job , but you committed yourself to the future . |
| 8 | If you committed yourself to doing every exercise in Part Two in the order given , you would miss an opportunity to ‘ listen to the whispers ’ which guide you towards what you need , right now , as a unique individual . |
| 9 | Consider Best Bars as a first resort , regard the single cocktail you 'll shell out for as sheer investment , get yourself gift wrapped , send for our jetset silklook shirt , rid yourself of even that inch-of-pinch and the body beautiful will be guaranteed bait for ace race driver or millionaire financier in advanced stages of senility . |
| 10 | ‘ — would you mind confirming exactly how you distinguished yourself by finding us ? |
| 11 | It causes no pollution , either in terms of fuel consumption or noise , yet finding yourself suddenly cowering in the shadow of a huge coloured parachute at the top of a hill where you imagined yourself to be alone , bursts the illusionary balloon of solitude and remote wilderness for me . |
| 12 | Apsley was right : you adjusted yourself to prison life . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't find it particularly surprising that you allowed yourself to be seduced by her . |
| 14 | Landed yourself in the midst of a drama . ’ |
| 15 | You enjoyed yourself in America |
| 16 | Neutral , euphemistic , alliterative , you distanced yourself from the idea of neighbours killing each other . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's time you took yourself off the market , ’ she said . |
| 18 | And er it was very reg a regular come territorial battalion , and I was one of five foreigners from up country , erm you thought yourself as er an absolute native in grass skirts , waving a machete , or something . |
| 19 | And bothered yourself with it , you know how to do it but you do n't ca n't be bothered to do it . |
| 20 | If you invested a pound on a horse , then the amount of money you 'd expect to get back would depend on the odds that that horse was offered at , but if you confined yourself to horses that had a reasonable chance of winning , say , the sort of horses that tend to be offered at odds of , say , six or seven to one or better , then your average rate of return might be nearer ninety per cent than thirty per cent , so putting it one way betting a pound a week on the horses is a slower way of losing your money than betting a pound a week on football pools , but football pools gives you a much greater chance of winning an absolutely astonishing sum of money . |
| 21 | Mr Crum would dismiss ye on the spot if you presented yourself at the warehouse wearing those … those … dancing girls ’ things … probably send me packing as well if I was along with you . ’ |
| 22 | If you thought what the people said possessed an intrinsic interest , if you wrote it down verbatim and pictured yourself as a sort of secretary to the outside world , recording something which had its own imaginative value but would otherwise have been lost , then you are one sort of writer — a naturalist . |
| 23 | To be named in Red Channels was to be unemployable … unless you cleared yourself by making a voluntary appearance before the House Committee or McCarthy 's Sub-Committee as a ‘ friendly witness ’ who shopped his former friends to prove the ‘ sincerity ’ of his repentance . |
| 24 | so before you embark on your campaign of harrassment , put yourself in the shoes of your prospective target . |
| 25 | I say , just put yourself in the position of one of those chimps living in concentration-camp conditions . ’ |
| 26 | Apply the principles : check it out ahead of time and put yourself in the other person 's place . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , put yourself in the robber 's place . |
| 28 | ‘ It means , ’ replied the elder hedgehog , ‘ that you simply put yourself in the dog 's place , and think how you would like someone to behave towards you . ’ |
| 29 | Two further points when devising and implementing aims : ( 1 ) give adequate scope to show your skills ; ( 2 ) put yourself in the position of those making the decisions from which you hope to benefit . |
| 30 | Shelley said , ‘ Put yourself in his position , Victoria . ’ |