Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [pn reflx] to [art] " in BNC.

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1 While I acclimatised myself to the changes over forty years , I went into my own world , back even further than that first hospital .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Someone shouted : " Lie down ! " , and as I threw myself to the ground , I felt a bullet hit me .
5 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 .
6 As I helped myself to a cigarette from the depleted pack I was turning over some of what he 'd told me .
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