Example sentences of "[prep] myself the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and all to make of myself the kind of confection |
| 2 | To someone like myself the sum you mentioned is an enormous amount of money . ’ |
| 3 | But if the day is fine and still and I am alone , I can hear somewhere in myself the sound of the hollow-ended drums , the clapping , the tambourine , the young voices singing , laughing . |
| 4 | But even though I was in love , I did n't hide from myself the fact that I would be unhappy with Estella . |
| 5 | What would my father and mother say , and was n't it time I took upon myself the responsibility of my spiritual life at that time held in proxy by my godparents . |
| 6 | All I can tell you with certainty is that I , for one , have no self , and that I am unwilling or unable to perpetrate upon myself the joke of a self . |
| 7 | I put to myself the question : ‘ How then , does it come right ? ’ |
| 8 | I often please myself with anticipations of our return , picture to myself the joy and greetings when we meet , and I try to fancy the appearance of the dear children — they will be grown out of all knowledge . ’ |
| 9 | I have seen for myself the value of ACET 's work in the community and I would whole heartedly recommend other churches get behind the work in any way they can . ’ |
| 10 | The personal engagement encapsulated here is not , after all , wholly different from the introduction to that much more objective modern study , the justly acclaimed biography of Mary by Lady Antonia Fraser ; for Lady Antonia describes how ‘ being possessed since childhood by a passion for the subject of Mary Queen of Scots , I wished to test for myself the truth or falsehood of the many legends which surround her ’ . |
| 11 | I went to Brighton and saw for myself the absence of most of the top players due to other events taking place . |