Example sentences of "[prep] myself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I naturally felt very good about it and proud of myself for the discipline I had shown during the winter in getting down to the work necessary to achieve the successes I had obtained . |
| 2 | I did not understand German , and was not interested in the photograph of myself at the top , but bottom left , was a small black-and-white snapshot of Joan and the children . |
| 3 | I 've taken care of myself over the years : I hope it shows . ’ |
| 4 | At the beginning I think I loved her ; I certainly poured vast amounts of myself into the relationship . |
| 5 | I caught sight of myself in the peeling mirror : long thin legs , blue from the cold , clashing with the bright pink mini-dress which began at my neck and finished at my knickers . |
| 6 | I caught sight of myself in the peeling mirror : long thin legs , blue from the cold clashing with the bright pink mini-dress which began at my neck and finished at my knicker legs … |
| 7 | I caught sight of myself in the mirror . ’ |
| 8 | What did that do to me as a person , to my sense of myself in the Christian church ? |
| 9 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 10 | Soon I shall start snarling at visitors and grubbing for nourishment in the fields , simply because I can not bear to think of myself in the same category as Betty , and she has laid claim to humanity . |
| 11 | I could take some colour photos of myself in the whole ensemble and maybe send Marcus one . |
| 12 | He does n't take rivalry with him off the competitive track , and at that time I considered him to be the Master with myself as the apprentice . |
| 13 | After a further telephone interview — this time with myself as the interviewee — for the Radio Times , it seemed I was finished . |
| 14 | Medical Referrals and other Referrals will therefore now be sent to Lothian Health Board with myself as the Contact Officer . |
| 15 | Pye 's new robot programme started in January 1973 , with myself at the head . |
| 16 | I had to live with myself for the rest of my life . |
| 17 | I walked fast , to keep warm , so it may have been that I was a little above myself by the time I reached the school where the classes were held , because that night , try as I would , I could not believe anything our teacher was telling us . |
| 18 | I look upon myself as the kind of producer who is more of a musical supervisor , someone who is responsible for the artistic liaison between the artist and the nature of the finished product . |
| 19 | Anyway , I got up , and went about my chores , feeding the cats and brewing tea for the rest of the still-slumbering inhabitants of my humble home in order to get them up and out to school and work , and I was thinking to myself as the kettle boiled that here was the start of yet another ordinary damned day , when the post clanked and slithered through the letter box . |
| 20 | I smiled to myself at the absurdity of it . |
| 21 | I recognised those questions as pertaining to myself at the time I became anorexic . |
| 22 | Closing my eyes in the gloom I could still feel Helen in my arms and I smiled to myself at the memory of her bounding healthiness . |
| 23 | I 'm smiling to myself at the kitchen table now . |
| 24 | I well remember I said to myself at the time , " there is a lad who will go a long way . " |
| 25 | Also my teaching is squeezed into 4 days , which means that I have time to myself at the weekend , including Friday . |
| 26 | ‘ But I 'm talking too much — it 's having you all to myself for the first time . ’ |
| 27 | The clipped , breezy tone was one that Belinda knew by this time , and it meant , I want to be left to myself for the time being , thank you . |
| 28 | An hour to myself without the children on Sunday |
| 29 | I used the word happy , repeating it to myself through the streets . |
| 30 | When 1911 came I often marvel to myself in the name of Heaven how it was done " . |