Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [vb infin] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I hear myself scream in the treble , and , Ahhh ! and Ahhh ! again .
2 ’ You 'd need the smarten up , you know , ’ I heard myself say like a schoolmaster .
3 People were squeezing by her in the general drift to get a look at him , and she let herself go with the crowd a little in order to see how he was doing .
4 Her blood seemed to have turned into heavy oil in her body , and something was dragging her down so ruthlessly that she let herself fall into the harsh carpet of pebbles .
5 Then she heard herself say in a voice that sounded almost normal , ‘ Of course .
6 An image flitted into her mind : she saw herself plunge over the edge of that black pit and tumble helplessly through the dark .
7 Even now , she felt herself cringe at the way he 'd said ‘ little scientist ’ , all those childhood hurts about being ‘ different ’ flooding back .
8 He made himself levitate over the capital .
9 He made himself stare into the eyes in which , to his discomfort , he saw more pain than anger .
10 ‘ Oh , God , no , ’ she husked pitifully as Fernando suddenly drew back from her and with eyes hooded with desire and power he let himself sink below the water .
11 This , however , he did n't realise until later when he let himself think about the meeting and how , after the first keen glance , she looked past him as if he were n't there , to greet Mick with ‘ Hello .
12 Now he saw himself step into the picture , and something he was doing or saying made the men and women before him jump from their seats , even Lionel .
13 He felt himself warm toward the sullenly controlled man as he never had in the three years he had been on the paper .
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