Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] yourself [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is rather like tackling a marathon without training or throwing yourself into a game of squash when you are out of condition . |
| 2 | But if your ticket allows you to fly back from Lisbon or Oporto , after all this culture you could go walking in one of the national parks , explore the wine regions , or treat yourself to a spa ( try Termas de São Pedro and Caldas da Rainha , cheapest in Western Europe ) . |
| 3 | Take a hot bath/shower Or treat yourself to a sauna or even a session in a beauty salon ! |
| 4 | Of course , you may prefer to choose outside alliances rather than restrict yourself to the family , but in times of hardship the family may be more dependable . |
| 5 | What better way to unwind at the end of a frantic week than treating yourself to an hour or two of pure pampering ? |
| 6 | There are not many harsher disappointments in county cricket than finding yourself on the outside looking in , as was the case with another Robinson — Phil — at the start of this season following his acrimonious departure from Yorkshire . |
| 7 | There are plenty of other ways than throwing yourself from a walkway . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Come along in Katie and sit yourself by the fire . |
| 9 | Or you can go flying with Dumbo and lose yourself in the wonderland of ‘ Alice 's Curious Labyrinth . ’ . |
| 10 | Perhaps you could go and fight in one of those wars they 're always having somewhere and lose yourself in the din of battle . |
| 11 | Swallow a pint instead , and lose yourself in the waves of The Little Fish . |
| 12 | Another good way of practising the start without having to go through the exhausting rig recovery is to sail along and lower yourself into the water . |
| 13 | Practise the above and familiarise yourself with the co-ordination required for turns in each direction before trying to fly proper circuits . |
| 14 | He says you can still go out and enjoy yourself in the sun but it 's important to wear a hat and protective clothing — and to avoid the sun altogether when it 's at its height . |
| 15 | and with a leprous man came over and began doing a to him saying , Lord if you just want to you can make me clean , and so stretching out his hand he touched him saying , I want to be made clean and immediately his leprosy was , vanished away , then Jesus said to him , see that you tell no one , but go and show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses appointed for the purpose of a witness to them when he entered into Calpurnia that 's the other two , that the other |
| 16 | Close your eyes and imagine yourself in a bookshop . |
| 17 | Try and put yourself in the employer 's place , or perhaps in the place of one of the people you may be dealing with as the employer 's representative . |
| 18 | ‘ You ca n't just rent a villa or a flat overlooking the Med and install yourself for a peppercorn rent like people used to . |
| 19 | You must also buy a copy of Debrett and familiarize yourself with the names of those people in society we hope will become our clients . |
| 20 | Slipping and injuring yourself in the bath is not only painful but life-threatening . |
| 21 | If the company has cashed your cheque and not dispatched the goods , but has gone into liquidation , then your best bet is to call the official liquidators and get yourself on the list of creditors . |
| 22 | If the company has cashed your cheque and not despatched the goods , but has gone into liquidation , then your best bet is to call the official liquidators and get yourself on the list of creditors . |
| 23 | It is very important that you weigh and measure yourself at the beginning of the day on which you commence the Inch Loss Plan . |
| 24 | His description was that ‘ it is easy to aim for the front room and find yourself in the kitchen ’ . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Leaving work and consigning yourself to the dole queue is obviously risky . |
| 27 | It moves me playing it and it upsets me playing it , it 's very upsetting to play Alfie , because A he 's such a disastrous man as a person d you know you think oh god I do n't really wan na be playing this man for sixteen weeks but the part is so wonderful and the play is so rich that you ca n't help s sort of s submitting to it and putting yourself in the position of being a masochist I suppose . |
| 28 | This would be a good point to stop and remind yourself of the kinds of situations and issues which have caused you conflict in the past and may be doing so at present . |
| 29 | But you can use your imagination and take yourself on the fantasy voyage of your choice . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps next time you 'll inform me first before you gatecrash my party and throw yourself into the fountain . |