Example sentences of "[conj] you [verb] yourself to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't find it particularly surprising that you allowed yourself to be seduced by her . |
| 3 | The point is , that you need yourself to be surrounded by other supportive adults for your own erm sanity and well being and that 's why I think erm you need an , a whole extended situation and you need to change the way people feel about , about children so that , children have more access to adults in general , and adults have more access to children in general . |
| 4 | If you push yourself to your absolute limits and suffer terribly , the chances that you will be able to motivate yourself to suffer equally in two or three days ' time are practically zilch . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If you confine yourself to inside the room where he 's sitting very quiet and the only other |
| 7 | If you believe yourself to be simply an animal without an immortal soul but you also believe that you are capable of making moral judgements , you will need to ask yourself whether cats and mice and birds and insects are also capable of making moral judgements . |
| 8 | Also , if you consider yourself to be faster than the pathfinder board , it is worth starting early , since as you wait for him to reach you , you could be sailing that part faster than him . |
| 9 | If you consider yourself to be in any way progressive , and really want to play your part in demolishing the old legend of natural antagonism between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law , replacing it with the hope of friendship , then this is your chance . |
| 10 | It 's something for us to discuss , that 's what I 'm saying , so , so if you commit yourself to something and balls up , erm , the general manager does n't get a copy of it , and nobody else does , just you and me . |
| 11 | If you attached yourself to his particular rising star , you could shoot for the moon . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Once you had served a few years , you might come to detest the job , but you committed yourself to the future . |
| 14 | Although I 'm strongly against what can only be described as the ‘ bastardisation ’ of a property , a little out-of-keeping decor is often unavoidable unless you restrict yourself to a very limited range of choice . |
| 15 | If you get sat on it is because you allow yourself to be sat on . |
| 16 | Be sure before you commit yourself to your chosen home that you know all about the boundaries of your property , any rights of way that exist , such as neighbours having access over your gardens , and which fences you have to maintain . |
| 17 | When you submit yourself to that regime then you are bound to do all they tell you ? |
| 18 | ‘ The pleasure comes later , when you elevate yourself to the status of a student and a teacher — that 's how I see the job . ’ |
| 19 | It is startling when things and people suddenly appear without being heard , particularly when you believe yourself to be alone in a room . |
| 20 | There are , though , a number of waves on a reach and as long as you limit yourself to three distinct pumps with a clear pause before the next set you should be alright . |