Example sentences of "[verb] myself [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have never let myself go like that , ’ Alida said , ‘ never . |
| 2 | But I should n't have let myself get near that cringing landlord . |
| 3 | I should n't have let myself fall in love with him ! she thought angrily . |
| 4 | I let myself unwind at last — how good it feels to be back in the field , especially in this cinnamon-scented corner of the mortal sphere . |
| 5 | I kept that up until dawn , when the search party returned , Esmerelda-less , then I let myself go to sleep . |
| 6 | But I think that was when I was in the sea holding on to the bit of foam , and more or less just let myself float under the water , but me arm was round the top of the bit of foam , on the surface , and I think it got burnt by the the heat off the platform then . |
| 7 | Let myself fall into that trap again ? |
| 8 | I heard myself say to him , though the different sections of my brain seemed to have slipped out of synch somehow , and I was aware of all sorts of different things at once , and time seemed to have slowed down and at the same time some part of my brain was racing , trying to come up with some logical explanation for what was going on that did n't involve calamity … and failing . |
| 9 | ’ You 'd need the smarten up , you know , ’ I heard myself say like a schoolmaster . |
| 10 | I hear myself scream in the treble , and , Ahhh ! and Ahhh ! again . |
| 11 | I would put on a tape of Tudor madrigals — a new interest — and lie back in the contoured leather seats , letting myself melt into the crevices of Morley 's sinuous six-part harmony and observing the surrounding misery with mounting satisfaction . |
| 12 | During my first few days in the refuge , I feel myself descend into depression . |
| 13 | My mother ignored this , while I felt myself flush with vicarious embarrassment . |
| 14 | I felt myself shake with anger . |
| 15 | One thing was clear in the confusion-that I could not even let myself think about the matter unless my physical health was up to it . |
| 16 | I tell myself that I will let myself lie in bed for another five minutes though I stipulate that I am not allowed to go back to sleep and that I have to count out the five-minutes in my head . |
| 17 | And he does seem to like me , but I dare n't let myself fall in love with him . |
| 18 | I 'm aching to run , but make myself sit for a second while she watches me through the black circles . |