Example sentences of "[vb pp] myself [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | O'Leary explains : ‘ I am qualified for Ireland through my dad 's nationality , but I 've always considered myself an Essex man because I was born in Harold Wood . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I have fined myself a week 's wages and will be giving the money to charity . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Grown myself a moustache , used hair colourant on it — as I did on my hair . |
| 4 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd gotten myself a Herald Tribune and I sat reading it on one of the red seats there . ’ |
| 7 | I might have saved myself the trouble , as the family remained together for only a short time afterwards ; my sisters married , leaving only my mother and myself at home … |
| 8 | I could have saved myself the trouble . |
| 9 | I had also made myself a promise that ( a ) I would use up some of the many cones in the cupboard and ( b ) I would try out more of the built-in patterns in the 950i machine . |
| 10 | And I read that book and erm Marie , erm said said that they 've got new ones so that so that , excuse me , she 'd been talking about I 'd just made myself a pie I could n't eat any of it ! |
| 11 | Had I proposed to keep working until the hotel was a hotbed of gossip , and leave only when I 'd made myself the centre of a tasty little scandal ? |
| 12 | I tell you something , Benny , I 've always modelled myself a lot on your father . |
| 13 | Got myself a bottle and got him a bottle . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've just got myself a packet of fish and chips from Dunkley 's . |
| 15 | and she 'll go and get the milk out and say I 've just got myself a glass of milk mum , oh right , okay not even aware that she 's gone out to the fridge you know , fair enough we say ah , you do n't do you ? |
| 16 | ‘ I have not yet joined the Pioneers , ’ wrote Fritz on 15 November , ‘ but I have got myself a job as a radio reporter with the United Press of America . |
| 17 | I left a note for Threfall saying , ‘ I have bought myself a ticket and gone to Chicago to apologise to Binks for the ill-mannered attitude of the Pye Group management ! ’ |
| 18 | I had always promised myself a Medau weekend or week course . |
| 19 | I had convinced myself the diet was necessary even though I found it tough going and particularly rough after a major operation and great weight loss . |
| 20 | Not only had I proved myself a liar but I 'd not been much good at school and did n't even get my leaving certificate . |
| 21 | I had found myself a champion ! |
| 22 | I will try to enjoy the whole weekend and with everyone 's help I have set myself a target to raise 1,000 for CLIC . |
| 23 | ‘ I have set myself a target of winning every domestic honour . |
| 24 | Sixty years ago C. J. Herrick , the American comparative anatomist , dubbed it the ‘ organ of civilisation ’ , and I have set myself the task of seeing how far our scientific knowledge of nerve cells might earn the neocortex this grandiose title : Would these nerve cells , as actors , be able to perform the play , ‘ Civilisation ’ ? |
| 25 | The mere fact that I have set myself the end X , with Y as a necessary means to it , and without conflict with other prudential or moral considerations , does not guarantee me from being mistaken in doing Y ( Anyone who supposed that it did would indeed be guilty of the Naturalistic Fallacy without appeal . ) |
| 26 | I had fancied myself a connoisseur of contrast , a gourmet savouring the sweet-and-sour clash between my present lifestyle and the one I had left behind me in East Oxford . |
| 27 | I had taught myself the basics but learning the ‘ wrinkles ’ from someone more experienced saves time and increased the ‘ professional ’ look of garments . |
| 28 | I have witnessed myself the effects of the delays on a number of occasions . |
| 29 | Well I 'm gon na come out , I said er , I 'm going to , I 'm gon na get well , I 've given myself a fortnight this weekend |
| 30 | ‘ At least I have given myself a fighting chance of getting to Wembley . |