Example sentences of "[vb past] myself to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I helped myself to a drop of Taff 's tea the guns down by the River Orne opened up again , the shells all heading in the direction of the German positions . |
| 2 | I filed them neatly in the waste basket and helped myself to a cigarette . |
| 3 | As I helped myself to a cigarette from the depleted pack I was turning over some of what he 'd told me . |
| 4 | Then I helped myself to a cigarette . |
| 5 | helped myself to a load of paper threes and I seem to have done them all . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I committed myself to a series of disjointed actions which at the moment of decision all seemed reasonable but which immediately afterwards were as terrifying as they were irrevocable . |
| 8 | I compared myself to a dog who has got hold of a large piece of meat , and runs away with it to a corner , where he may devour it in peace , without any fear of others taking it from him . ’ |
| 9 | Someone shouted : " Lie down ! " , and as I threw myself to the ground , I felt a bullet hit me . |
| 10 | Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed . |
| 11 | I hauled myself to the top of the wall , looking back as I prepared to jump . |
| 12 | In the course of the paper I addressed myself to the question : ‘ Why is it that people unhesitatingly talk of feeling hot as well as of feeling the heat of things ? ’ |
| 13 | I accustomed myself to the mephitic stench . |
| 14 | In this free and easy style , I accustomed myself to the rhythms of school life . |
| 15 | I sent myself to a Baroque theatre |
| 16 | Last year , I treated myself to a £40 fake fur mini skirt ( British label ) with the latest leopard print . |
| 17 | I treated myself to a night in the Ceilidh Place ; I had not given up the habit of including the dangly earrings and the flowery trousers in the rucksack . |
| 18 | Later , in my cabin , I treated myself to a long , languorous Omnipure sauna before turning at last to the task of choosing my outfit for the meeting with the Emissary . |
| 19 | Occasionally I treated myself to a half hour browse in a bookshop . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I treated myself to a cigarette and did another scan . |
| 22 | I sat back and treated myself to a cigarette , determined to make it the first and last of the day . |
| 23 | ‘ I introduced myself to a senior police officer as an international terrorist who would like to be taken to the England dressing room . |
| 24 | Following these up , I went into a chemist 's shop , introduced myself to the tall lady assistant and said that I was a friend of her future husband 's brother . |
| 25 | ‘ One day , if I write my memoirs — the only thing I shall write well , if ever I put myself to the task of doing it — you will find a place in them , and what a place ! |
| 26 | While I acclimatised myself to the changes over forty years , I went into my own world , back even further than that first hospital . |
| 27 | At 16 , I resigned myself to the fact that I 'd never really be thin ’ |
| 28 | I trudged along and paid the usual fee to the port collector , then presented myself to a Vadinamian Warden , one of the high officials overseeing the Intelloids that do the real work . |
| 29 | I knew nobody and had no idea of what to expect when I presented myself to the new teacher in my new black overall and white collar . |
| 30 | Dragged myself to the doctor who told me I had to expect such things at my age and prescribed vitamin pills . |