Example sentences of "[vb base] yourself [noun] " in BNC.

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1 put yourself pan of stew on , then you can dip in it now and then
2 Give yourself Mrs , Mrs Prospect how do you feel about having
3 Give yourself time .
4 So always give yourself time .
5 Yeah about quarter to or , give yourself time to get there but why do you want to get there early ?
6 in his arms and treat and Mr Bumble rushed into the room with great excitement and addressed the gentleman in the high chair said I beg your pardon sir , Oliver Twist has asked for more , there was a for more said compose yourself Bumble and do I understand that he asked for more after he 'd eaten supper he did sir replied Bumble , that boy would be hung I know that boy will be hung
7 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 .
8 For example , Emily Brontë 's novel Wuthering Heights was published in 1847 ; the annals The Teach Yourself Encyclopedia of Dates and Events tells us that in 1846 the term " folk-lore " was coined ( which may be relevant to the presence of fairy-tale elements in the novel ) .
9 Maybe all we need is a manual — " Teach Yourself Sex " ?
10 Teach Yourself Alcoholism , Meier Glatt ( Teach Yourself Books , 1975 )
11 LEONARD CUTTS , the publisher who has died aged 87 , was the first editor of Hodder and Stoughton 's Teach Yourself series .
12 Hodder is bringing out a Herbs volume in its revamped Teach Yourself series ( June , £5.99 , 0340 58260 X ) .
13 Teach Yourself Alcoholism , Meier Glatt ( Teach Yourself Books , 1975 )
14 Notwithstanding the merit and extent of his achievements , Gavin Hastings still retains the desire to reach out for the best of which he is capable with as yet undiminished zest : ‘ Unless you set yourself tasks and ambitions , unless you have new targets , there is n't much point in playing .
15 What you need to do is the exact opposite : set yourself targets that you can reasonably expect to achieve .
16 Allow yourself opportunities to express anger , frustration , and sadness .
17 That 's right , and , and the first act of the play is a rehearsal and it keeps stopping and the director keeps sort of straightening them out and they 're dealing with little problems , and when you 're actually rehearsing it you find yourself sort of repeating the play because it 's so ac Michael Frayn who wrote it has so accurately observed what happens er when you 're directing a play that er you find yourself re-enacting the play and , and suddenly find a discussion you 've just been having has part sounds as if it 's come out of the script .
18 The most common culinary crises were narrowed down to : seduction cuisine — how to cook a romantic dinner to impress ; budget cuisine , coronary cuisine , comfort cuisine — for those not feeling on top of the world ; spoil yourself cuisine — for anyone on their own ; student cuisine ; survival cuisine — for those who 've never had to cook for themselves before ; sports cuisine — for those needing a carbohydrate boost before a sporting activity ; trim cuisine — for cooks wanting to entertain but still stick to a diet ; creep cuisine — to impress the boss ; and finally , oat cuisine — for vegetarians , of course !
19 Call yourself Marta Cane . ’
20 Put a ring on your finger , call yourself Mrs. Now do n't look like that , it just simplifies life , that 's all .
21 I 'm a bitch to him , I tell him , I say you love yourself James .
22 Make yourself sandwiches , dears . "
23 Herewith a sample of the most intriguing moments : Eat Yourself Fitter : ‘ What 's behind the fierce outspokenness against the work ethic in your lyrics ? ’
24 Eat Yourself Fitter : ‘ Do you think that now you are successful you 've merely traded one form of misery for another ? ’
25 Treat yourself Angie , cos you can always sort of catch up like that .
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