Example sentences of "[verb] myself [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also built myself a second house there , and so I had two homes . |
| 2 | I began to move more freely around the island again , and built myself a third house . |
| 3 | ‘ If the Tories get in , I 'll go out and buy myself a new frock , ’ said perhaps the most influential man in British fashion . |
| 4 | Perhaps , as my niece would say , I should buy myself a new dictionary . |
| 5 | Then I had to save up and buy myself a black dress for the afternoons when the housemaid was out , you see . |
| 6 | I think if I was going to go Sunday I think I 'd buy myself a few cos that |
| 7 | To find myself a Good Career to Travel and |
| 8 | The next morning I woke up , and was relieved to find myself a normal man again … |
| 9 | And I do n't bother to find myself a reflective surface wherein to follow them-although no doubt the gleam in Rainbow 's eye , or the slick of moisture on Anya 's parted lips , would do at a pinch . |
| 10 | I wanted to find myself a quiet corner and curl up in it . |
| 11 | I do n't claim to be an expert and I certainly do n't consider myself a clever clogs . |
| 12 | I would consider myself an old-fashioned painter . ’ |
| 13 | One night I promised myself a hot water bottle , a basket of marzipan fruits and a video . |
| 14 | I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin . |
| 15 | And so it went on in what was styled — even in the ranks — as the Baldwin Air Force , and it was in this environment that I found myself a mere fragment within a daily expanding Air Force . |
| 16 | I found myself the only ‘ other ’ . |
| 17 | And yet , until Irina described me as bad-tempered , I had considered myself a peaceable man , a listener and an observer , occasionally a counsellor , even a mediator . |
| 18 | I can with a few deft strokes build myself a crenellated castle with coloured windows , or a maze of evergreen , or a field of rippling corn , or a fat blackbird with bright eyes picking at a cluster of red berries . |
| 19 | I ca n't give myself the great happiness of promising to be yours — because I am sure I ought not to ! ’ |
| 20 | I poured myself a huge whisky . |
| 21 | I poured myself a stiff drink and tossed it down . |
| 22 | I walked across to the bedside table and poured myself a large , large shot of whisky . |
| 23 | David 's been helping me set up the I 've , I 've just bought myself a three eight six . |
| 24 | I allowed myself a brief glance at Alison 's ample contours . |
| 25 | ‘ Even if the Mad Killer epithet will be attributed to me by the media , I consider myself a rational erudite that only the arrival of the Grim Reaper has forced to take extreme acts . |
| 26 | If it does , then I suppose I shall have to buy myself a larger dictionary . |
| 27 | She was thinking this so hard that she was not surprised when he stood up and said , " I 'm going to drop around to Felicity 's and get myself a real bath . " |
| 28 | Choir night , so I get myself an early supper . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd only intended to fix myself a light snack and get an early night . |
| 30 | Christ all bloody mighty , she was thinking , I 've landed myself a good one here ! |