Example sentences of "[verb] myself [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have discharged myself this morning . ’ |
| 2 | I tried myself this morning , in case you were fit enough to go home , but still no answer . ’ |
| 3 | I must do the watering carefully , I told myself each day — not make a mess . |
| 4 | ‘ I could have saved myself that fee . ’ |
| 5 | dressing myself each morning . |
| 6 | I do n't think I scare easily , but I sure as hell scared myself that weekend . |
| 7 | I had told myself that heat was cleansing , because I had grown fearful of water . |
| 8 | When I 'd convinced myself that girl whose hand |
| 9 | Being something of a closet linguist , I was teaching myself some Arabic in my spare time . |
| 10 | I tell myself that silence is more likely to be a personal choice than an imposed one . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm thinking of buying myself some ice skates , I 've been promising myself those , just , you know over the last few years when we have had a , just a bit , mind you there was one year about six years ago were n't it , where we were |
| 12 | I think it 's a matter of giving yourself time of accepting that maybe you 're feeling low or I fe , when I 'm feeling low I say right , I ca n't cope with things I 've got to give myself some time where nothing 's gon na bother me , if I can manage it , an hour , half an hour , just doing something for myself that I really like and that helps me once I accept myself as being depressed then it helps alleviate the stress involved with it . |
| 13 | I would need another 40 yards off the tee to give myself any sort of chance . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been asking myself that question , ’ Jenna confessed , but all she got was another suspicious look . |
| 15 | I 've asked myself that question time and again . |
| 16 | I 've asked myself that time and time again . |
| 17 | I have asked myself this question a thousand times , a hundred thousand times . |
| 18 | But there 's never been the reason to allow myself that luxury . |
| 19 | I fetch myself another gin while I 'm up and pour a bit in Mum 's tea while I 'm about it . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm going to cook myself some lunch . |
| 21 | Rereading More Women than Men , I ask myself each time whether the relations between them are suggested with extreme subtlety , or whether something is lacking . |
| 22 | The wind drops slightly as I am making myself another cup of tea and I like the idea of going out to watch the sun go down . |
| 23 | I had not even finished writing this before I got carried away and bought myself another Christmas present — a Synodontis angelicus . |
| 24 | Eventually I arrived down near Leicester Square , found a cafe that was still open and bought myself another cup of tea . |
| 25 | With the greatest of reluctance , I decided that it was time I bought myself another detector . |
| 26 | You are still too young and I shall save myself that delight , ’ he had added . |
| 27 | Now do you suppose I might go and get myself some lunch ? ’ |
| 28 | I , I really jiggered myself this morning and I was only out about half an hour , you know , and I used to be able to do a full day ! |
| 29 | so yesterday when I went I got myself another drape |
| 30 | I asked myself each time , Why ca n't I make the pot boil ? |