Example sentences of "[prep] myself in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 … |
| 3 | I caught sight of myself in the mirror . ’ |
| 4 | What did that do to me as a person , to my sense of myself in the Christian church ? |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I could take some colour photos of myself in the whole ensemble and maybe send Marcus one . |
| 8 | When 1911 came I often marvel to myself in the name of Heaven how it was done " . |
| 9 | I 'm smiling to myself in the darkness , Timmy — I wish you could see me . |
| 10 | She told me : ‘ I was really upset to read that an ‘ insider ’ , whoever that might be , had said I was so busy creating an image for myself in the music industry and trying to be a film star that I could only do four episodes of the latest series . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd like to substitute Paul Littlejohn for myself in the power of attorney that I hold on your behalf , Elinor . |
| 12 | But here I am talking blissfully about myself in the old fashion ! |
| 13 | It is one thing to claim that by sharing in a dramatic exploration of a theme I can learn something about myself in the process , and quite another to suggest the drama is for me and about me . |
| 14 | It was at this period that I began to think about myself in the third person : Elizabeth is compassionate and considerate , she thinks how other people might feel . |
| 15 | Instead [ she will ] use the word ‘ participant ’ , and ‘ include data about myself in the research , as one of the participants ’ , as if equality between subjects and psychologists was simply a matter of presenting more data and using more liberal words ( 1986 : 29 ) . |
| 16 | There were certain things about myself in the classroom I noticed . |
| 17 | I get all dolled up for a party and then I look at myself in the mirror and suddenly chicken out , put my jeans on , ruffle up my hair , and only then do I feel comfortable . ’ |
| 18 | I have another look at myself in the mirror . |
| 19 | I grin at myself in the mirror . |
| 20 | I look up at myself in the mirror while I 'm soaking my hands . |
| 21 | I smile at myself in the mirror . |
| 22 | That was the psychological moment : but she also remembered another , a turning-point in physical ageing , ‘ when I began to hate to look at myself in the glass . ’ |
| 23 | I looked at myself in the mirror . |
| 24 | I would look at myself in the mirror , check out the grey hairs , trace the emerging lines and fading lip line and ask myself , ‘ Why ? ’ |
| 25 | I turned and looked at myself in the cracked Cutty Sark Whisky mirror behind Mama Sipcott 's bar . |
| 26 | When I peered at myself in the mirror I screamed . |
| 27 | When I eventually weighed under six stone and looked at myself in the mirror ( which , in common with other anorexics , I did a great deal ) I saw someone beautiful : I saw myself . |
| 28 | ‘ But at the end of the day , I can look at myself in the mirror and say I gave 100 per cent . |
| 29 | I stood up and looked at myself in the mirror . |
| 30 | You think I can look at myself in the morning with a damn great blue glass spike in my skull yelling at me , ‘ Hey , you 're a freak ’ ? |