Example sentences of "[subord] you [verb] yourself [prep] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | As we know , if you shut yourself in a garage with no ventilation and leave the engine running , you will eventually stop breathing . |
| 4 | If you put yourself in each prisoner 's place , assuming both to be motivated by rational self-interest and remembering that they can not talk to one another to make a pact , you will see that neither has any choice but to betray the other , thereby condemning both to heavy sentences . |
| 5 | ‘ If you put yourself in the position to be fashionable , then six months later everyone 's going to take the piss out of you . |
| 6 | you , if you put yourself in the position of a burglar , and y you 're already , you 've done it , you 're already making choices . |
| 7 | Presumably when you do land in a position like that even though as you say you 're getting near the end of the game for the blue ball , you would n't deliberately not go through the hoop , if you 'll put in that , if you put yourself in that position ? |
| 8 | But i if you put yourself in my position and all you do is call |
| 9 | You know that if you kill yourself with fatigue , you 'll have no hours left at all . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And more especially if you regard yourself as an artist of great but as yet undiscovered potential but who is forced by impecunious circumstances to provide the musical entertainment at wedding receptions in The Bronx . |
| 12 | But if you regard yourself as an experienced dBase user , if you have dBase files and you want to major on your dBase knowledge , dBase remains your best bet . |
| 13 | If you confine yourself to inside the room where he 's sitting very quiet and the only other |
| 14 | and how you feel yourself , that 's how you present yourself to other people , I think if you present yourself in a confident manner , I think people pick up on that and I do , I do n't think beauty is necessarily what you see , I think its how you feel within yourself and how you present yourself to people . |
| 15 | If you perceive yourself as a traveller rather than a tourist , read no further . |
| 16 | Erm I do n't know what this is serious point actually if if you fancy yourself as one of these so called mums and I think it is a little patronizing the er title of a mums ' army of teachers , if you think that maybe you could do that and you 'd be interested in doing that and you think it 's quite a good idea I 'd be interested in hearing from you , all right ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Mr Crum would dismiss ye on the spot if you presented yourself at the warehouse wearing those … those … dancing girls ’ things … probably send me packing as well if I was along with you . ’ |
| 19 | If you base yourself in Kinlochleven and use the popular campsite in the glen for an overnight stop , the circuit could make a rewarding introduction to the rigours of backpacking in this Highland region . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ But what will you be saying if you see yourself in a month 's time with a list on you like the Leaning Tower of Pisa ? |
| 23 | Your attitude , especially if you are not accustomed to dealing with lawyers , will alter considerably if you familiarize yourself with the law as it affects you . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Now if you damage yourself by whatever way , and the classic one that we see at school is if you get banged in the eye in rugby , somebody elbows you in the scrum or something similar , you then get a swelling caused by what ? |
| 26 | If you attached yourself to his particular rising star , you could shoot for the moon . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ So , if you punish yourself through self-denial in the puritan way , in the English Christian way , there will only be resentment and more unhappiness . ’ |
| 28 | If you find yourself as a group leader or chairman accept the responsibility . |
| 29 | If you find yourself with a file that 's big enough to manipulate but too big to turn into an ASCII file , cos it does use a lot of |
| 30 | Well , my stars say if you find yourself at a low ebb this weekend do n't worry . |