Example sentences of "[verb] myself [adv] the " 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 | With hindsight , it 's clear that I was too single-minded about racing , too immersed , and that if I 'd paced myself better the joy would have lasted much longer . ’ |
| 3 | Dived , pulling myself down the wire . |
| 4 | I kept asking myself how the photographers had arrived there at this particular track . |
| 5 | I pulled myself up the safety line and made my way past the tangle of tethers up to the surface , where the boat tender was frantically pulling in all the lines . |
| 6 | Dragging myself down the unlit hallway floor like a slug , I coiled myself back , back to the back room , and ate and waited . |
| 7 | I ask myself why the people do n't live up here in these glades beside the rushing streams . |
| 8 | I kicked myself all the way back to the hotel for being an arrant coward , and next day persuaded my companion to return with me to the scene of our defeat and try again . |
| 9 | I debated whether to introduce myself once the committal was over . |
| 10 | But I realized I 'd said it so I tried to dig myself out the hole |
| 11 | A cow once kicked me nearly to the other end of the byre and as I picked myself up the farmer said unemotionally , " Aye , she 's allus had a habit o' that . " |