Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] yourself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere to treat yourself or buy that special gift . |
| 2 | ‘ I think you put it rather better yourself . ’ |
| 3 | At the end , you might slowly count yourself up from 1 to 5 , suggesting to yourself that when you reach the number 5 you will be wide awake , feeling refreshed and at peace . |
| 4 | And I wo n't suggest we ride back into camp together either , so sit yourself down there and relax , for underneath all your politeness , you 're on edge . ’ |
| 5 | Now here comes your father , so sit yourself down and eat a decent meal for a change . ’ |
| 6 | It 's not enough to enjoy yourself , you must make hay while the sun shines . |
| 7 | Rodo replied , ‘ The swamp you near enough got yourself eaten in . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You have long enough to lose yourself in Fragonard 's world , Charlie . |
| 9 | If your body is tense before you hit home , you will only slow yourself down . |
| 10 | A rented suit will be collected from a hire firm on the day before the wedding so make yourself a checklist which includes , ‘ Put speech notes in jacket pocket . |
| 11 | ‘ So you had better behave yourself , had n't you ? ’ |
| 12 | Better behave yourself else they wo n't swap it . |
| 13 | Well , well , well , Captain , I nearly did you a great injustice a minute or two ago , I thought you had not perhaps addressed yourself to the problem on hand . |
| 14 | You 're only cheating yourself when you cheat . |
| 15 | If you are unlucky enough to find yourself living with someone who seems to you to be an ‘ impossible ’ mother-in-law , it does no harm first to take a good look at yourself and your handling of her , just in case you happen to be one of the original ‘ impossible ’ daughters-in-law ! |
| 16 | If you are unlucky enough to find yourself working in a heavily stress-laden environment ( which schools are ) then , inevitably , you will ‘ catch it ’ and ‘ come down with it ’ . |
| 17 | But I notice , little madam , you were pleased enough to find yourself a good Catholic … . ’ |
| 18 | Their house , Carceri , is a complex world of ancient stone galleries and courtyards , with weird ( and scheduled ) spiral staircases that you go up only to find yourself on the floor below the one you started on — an old dungeon perched among the treetops on a hillside overlooking the city , which they found by a miracle , and had converted . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'll only bury yourself deeper in . ’ |
| 20 | It 's hard enough denying yourself or ‘ being healthy ’ at lunchtime , but at least there are certain curbs automatically posed by time and custom . |
| 21 | Inland , you can get close to the countryside with a few days on a farm or perhaps pamper yourself with a luxury hotel . |
| 22 | ‘ You 'd better watch yourself , ’ Vitor said drily , ‘ you 're softening . ’ |
| 23 | " You 'd better send yourself to Hoggatt 's if you want to get there by eight-thirty . |
| 24 | If you kill the people you love — or run away from them — you only smash yourself in the end . |
| 25 | ‘ They 're all you 'll have , my darling , so count yourself lucky , ’ Luke submitted sharply , his humour abating . |
| 26 | Perhaps imagine yourself in a cosy armchair , gazing into a log fire , stroking the cat on your lap and sipping a glass of dandelion wine . |
| 27 | So let yourself go . |
| 28 | If you lift heavy weights and you lift in the wrong way , you can obviously do yourself damage . |
| 29 | Yes , you could mock at the idea , but that was n't enough to rid yourself of its insidious appeal , politely , persistently tugging at your soul . |
| 30 | But you 've not only got yourself to think of . " |