Example sentences of "see myself " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In theory , I suppose , the nearest piece of fruit could have been doctored , but I do n't see myself how the murderer could have been sure the victim would have picked it . ’ |
| 2 | I can still see myself sitting there , relaxed and comforted by the warm drink , and then there was that moment when I decided I would resign . |
| 3 | I could see myself on the roof of our house , as , for the last time , I spread the couscous out to dry on a sheet in the sun before my journey to London : I could see the village below me : the tops of the trees , the minaret , the ancient wall which ran round my village . |
| 4 | The warning to the AFBD is direct : ‘ I do n't see myself being tied to an AFBD board position on the CFTC issue . |
| 5 | When she s finished combing , she puts the mirror on the table in front of me so I can see myself . |
| 6 | I do n't see myself as a pop artist . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , with all the things we 've discussed , the way you 've made me see myself , I 've decided I should n't stick around here . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's always nice to get on the scoresheet , but I really do see myself more as a goal-maker than a goalscorer . |
| 9 | I could n't see myself thinking any differently . |
| 10 | I know I ca n't run 27:08 , at least not without resorting to recreational narcotics , and I ca n't honestly see myself reaching the real top level at 10,000m . |
| 11 | I ca n't see myself getting out of Wimbledon at all . ’ |
| 12 | Since nuclear power stations are no longer the easiest route to nuclear weapons , I do n't see myself as a double-headed monster . |
| 13 | It 's just that I can see myself listening to the Brahms Quartets rather more often . |
| 14 | Already I could see myself standing there , tongue-tied and grinning sheepishly , the star of a bedroom farce which had gone badly off the rails . |
| 15 | I 'd closed my eyes while she was cutting so I could n't see myself in the mirror . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't see myself going into coaching , ’ says Ellcock , ‘ That 's just not me . |
| 17 | Now she says she 'd like to do her own show , but points out , ‘ I ca n't ever see myself doing a pompous evening programme wearing a skirt and jacket . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It 's full speed ahead for the seasons , and , if I can , I work 12 or 14 hours a day then , because otherwise I ca n't see myself through the quiet times . |
| 19 | ‘ At the time I could see myself eventually in some sort of consultancy capacity . ’ |
| 20 | I ca n't see myself doing it for a long time . |
| 21 | I 'm not knocking Keith for that , I think it 's mega , but I do n't see myself being in any sort of league like that . ’ |
| 22 | I ca n't see myself carrying on . ’ |
| 23 | I love the club and I can not see myself playing for anyone else . ’ |
| 24 | I do n't see myself in competition with other comedians , although I am . ’ |
| 25 | And yet he does n't think that he is quick enough : ‘ I used to compete in athletics but I do n't see myself as being all that quick and I intend to work hard on improving my speed . |
| 26 | Yet if I reflect upon what happened , in what some might call an existential manner , or attempt what physicists might call a ‘ thought experiment ’ to reconstruct my situation , I can see myself as having been assailed by various impulses : to assist the dog and stop the car , to comfort the children , to drive on lest I and they were to be injured in an accident , to avoid the horror of confronting a demented animal . |
| 27 | No , if I could see myself as anything else it would be in a career that I was doing , but then I would n't be married . |
| 28 | But the point is that I do n't see myself as a playwright in the same way I would see myself as a prose writer . |
| 29 | But the point is that I do n't see myself as a playwright in the same way I would see myself as a prose writer . |
| 30 | Remembering the visit to the cotton mill , on the other hand , I can see myself watching from the polished floor ; I am in the picture . |