Example sentences of "[subord] you can [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So you can drink yourself into a stupor ? ’ |
| 2 | As to take home a copy of the appropriate operating and safety instruction leaflet , so you can familiarise yourself with these procedures . |
| 3 | Tell your boyfriend , if you can bring yourself to . |
| 4 | Fashanu himself had thoughts on this : ‘ If you can relate yourself to somebody , it 's a big spur to you , ‘ cause , if someone else has done it , you can always follow him . |
| 5 | Go ahead , admonished the voice , but see if you can look yourself in the eye tomorrow morning . |
| 6 | The style is based on the premise that if you can defend yourself at the eight compass points covered by the trigrams you will be fully protected from attack . |
| 7 | If you can trust yourself to me in a cab we can travel back to Vetch Street in style , and if Matey is up try to think of an explanation that will not involve Rose , or men who trap young girls in alleys , or how I , fortunately for you , became separated from Stair and rescued you . |
| 8 | If you can put yourself in the other person 's shoes and think about how they might feel , it will certainly help if you let them know that . |
| 9 | Unless you can promote yourself as a bit-part player in some concocted yarn involving Madonna , outlandish sexual indiscretions , wilful substance abuse or , better still , all three , they are n't going to be interested . |
| 10 | He told them : ‘ You are weak people , you will always be weak people unless you can arm yourselves with the strength and courage required to gaze back into the questioning eyes of children ’ . |
| 11 | Is there a qualifying period before you can present yourself for examination ? |
| 12 | Assuming that you have determined that the line is biased to starboard , and you therefore want to start near the starboard end of the line , there are still a number of considerations which you must take into account before you can put yourself in the right place as the gun is fired . |
| 13 | When you eventually get on to any committee it is surprising how quickly the esteem in which you are held grows when you can conduct yourself with confidence in the meetings . |