Example sentences of "[prep] myself for [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I am twenty-four , independent , I have my own flat , my own business , and I think I can take care of myself for a couple of weeks on a small , friendly Mediterranean island , thanks very much !
2 You do n't really think I risked making a fool of myself for a quick thank-you and a handshake , do you ? ’
3 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 .
4 I had to live with myself for the rest of my life .
5 I think I 'll keep it to myself for a while .
6 Anyway , now that I 've got you to myself for a moment can we make some plans ?
7 ‘ Besides , if we hurry home , I can have you all to myself for a while before they come . ’
8 ‘ But I 'm talking too much — it 's having you all to myself for the first time . ’
9 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 .
10 If they had worked on me enough , I 'd have blown the whistle on myself for the Lindbergh kidnapping , the bombing of Pearl Harbor , the Cleveland Torso slayings , betraying West Point to the British , fixing the 1919 World Series and souring all the milk in Salem , Massachusetts .
11 The best deal I can do on the airfares is £870 — this includes a small fee for myself for the administration .
12 The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can .
13 When I 'd completed this process I turned to the mirror to look at myself for a last time .
14 This awful pain eating away at me is simply anger at myself for the stupid situation I 'm in now .
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