Example sentences of "[vb base] myself [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most extraordinary thing : as wife shoves high-chair into car 's rear suspension and I quietly herniate myself on a couple of bags filled with Devon mud and light aggregate thieved from local quarry by children , strange sense of loss creeps over me . |
| 2 | Using the cover of the bushes or whatever , I crouch as low as possible and manoeuvre myself into a position where I know I could cast to them , not forgetting to make a note of a landing site , for it is useless to hook a fish if you can not play it to the landing net . |
| 3 | And embroil myself with a man of Mr. B. 's power and fortune ! |
| 4 | Now that I seek myself in a serpent |
| 5 | So the ones I definitely know I 'm going to get appointments with , if I go and do that , I put myself into a comfort zone do n't I ? |
| 6 | It is important that I put myself in a position to be able to give you the best possible advice . |
| 7 | I open myself as a channel to the Light . |
| 8 | I open myself as a channel to the Light . |
| 9 | It was only the thought of this poor baby in me that made me stir at all and get myself to a friend of Ferdinando 's who is in the way of knowing all the business of the street being a wine-merchant and visited by all . |
| 10 | Sarah : I define myself as a socialist lesbian feminist , but of course that in some sense begs more questions than it answers . |
| 11 | I find myself on a small brick platform about twenty feet above a man-made , well-bricked channel which follows a straight course through the factories and warehouses . |
| 12 | Personally , I have a basic level of awareness which I raise if I find myself in a place or situation which could prove a problem . |
| 13 | ‘ You see , I find myself in a similar position . ’ |
| 14 | The expression " New Deal " was first used by Roosevelt in his speech accepting the Democratic Party nomination as its presidential candidate in July 1932 , when he said " I pledge you , I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people . " |
| 15 | I lower myself into a contained eddy of water and lean back against a seat of rounded stone . |
| 16 | I lower myself into a firewood chair , placing the legs carefully on solid planks of floorboard . |
| 17 | When I get back to base , bruised and battered , I brace myself for a reception that will make the Day of Judgment look like a Sunday School picnic . |
| 18 | Christ , I ask myself in a panic , how the shagging hell do you SIT ? |
| 19 | I mean myself as a councillor I think i if you 're a councillor you should be involved in the strike in one way or another you know . |
| 20 | When I introduce myself to a class that I am working with for the first time I frequently begin by asking them to sit close by me on the floor and listen with their eyes shut to the sound of a pair of Indian bells struck together . |
| 21 | ‘ I have lived in the district for a long time and regard myself as a ‘ local ’ . ’ |
| 22 | I regard myself as a bit of a fatalist . |
| 23 | I regard myself as a service provider and I have to build good relations with other members of the company . |
| 24 | I sort of regard myself as a sort of a dual nationality now , but that 's one thing I 'll be looking at , er in the next few months hopefully . |
| 25 | I help myself to a drink and stare entranced at the bald patch in the shag-pile over by the door . |
| 26 | ‘ I always take myself as a starting point when it comes to songs , going on to explore situations in a manner that is very sound-oriented , ’ she says , rather vaguely . |
| 27 | ‘ I see myself as a guardian , although I 'm making my own marks with a herb garden and wild flower garden . ’ |
| 28 | I see myself as a voluntary servant of the composer , not as his slave . |
| 29 | But I think I 'll stay here but I see myself as a internationalist as well . |
| 30 | With respect , I see myself as a master craftsman , but even craftsmen need quality tools to produce a work of art . |