Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] myself to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I would run away , or starve myself to death . |
| 2 | Often I felt so full after eating that I had to lie down or drag myself to lectures , feeling as though I 'd just eaten three Christmas dinners . |
| 3 | In the face of thumb joints with developing arthritis , I decided to lash out and treat myself to a Silver Reed punching machine , PM10 . |
| 4 | Yeah I I might go and treat myself to some today . |
| 5 | I filed them neatly in the waste basket and helped myself to a cigarette . |
| 6 | I finished my drink and helped myself to another . |
| 7 | I went through to the dining-room and helped myself to a pint of the neuron-friendly punch Uncle Hamish always made for the event . |
| 8 | Let me be able to wash and dress myself to the last . |
| 9 | It was only the thought of this poor baby in me that made me stir at all and get myself to a friend of Ferdinando 's who is in the way of knowing all the business of the street being a wine-merchant and visited by all . |
| 10 | ‘ Frankly I do n't see any point in staying till morning and subjecting myself to yet another evening of arguments . ’ |
| 11 | In some ways I was more reckless and exposed myself to danger because I felt we had to come out and prove that the Government was responsible for the deaths of all the students . |
| 12 | A day out shopping and treating myself to some new things |
| 13 | After so many years of being on my own I really do n't want to settle down and commit myself to a relationship . |
| 14 | I peeled off my clothes and took a long shower — it would be a long time before I took a bath again , and certainly not round at Sunil 's — and treated myself to a proper shave with hot water and a razor . |
| 15 | I sat back and treated myself to a cigarette , determined to make it the first and last of the day . |
| 16 | As long as I stay confined to this moral nihilism , the single unquestioned imperative will be to act intelligently , and in particular to be aware of objective conditions , of those obstinate facts about external difficulties and my own limitations which thwart my efforts unless I recognize and adapt myself to them . |
| 17 | I do n't chatter and allow myself to be dismissed as an old fool ! ’ |
| 18 | Maybe , she thought , I should go up there and offer myself to him . |
| 19 | ‘ But it probably will surprise you to hear that I managed to resist the temptation to indulge my talent for marriage-wrecking and confined myself to one already divorced man and one bachelor . ’ |
| 20 | I 'd join the crimplene brigade , dress out of the Littlewoods club and resign myself to false teeth and a perm by the time I was 30 . |
| 21 | So I go out and treat myself to something nice . ’ |
| 22 | I arrived ten minutes before the train was leaving , wearing a headscarf , and attached myself to a group of schoolchildren , chatting to their teacher about how smart they were and she must be proud . |