Example sentences of "see myself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , I 've seen myself in the mirror . |
| 2 | I could see myself on the roof of our house , as , for the last time , I spread the couscous out to dry on a sheet in the sun before my journey to London : I could see the village below me : the tops of the trees , the minaret , the ancient wall which ran round my village . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's full speed ahead for the seasons , and , if I can , I work 12 or 14 hours a day then , because otherwise I ca n't see myself through the quiet times . |
| 4 | I 'd closed my eyes while she was cutting so I could n't see myself in the mirror . |
| 5 | Whilst I saw myself as the hero 's faithful sidekick got up as I was in cowboy gloves with real leather fringes , two guns in holsters buckled on and tied around the leg for fast draws , ten gallon hat and waistcoat , Skippy insisted that I be the daughter of the murdered rancher whose cattle were being rustled . |
| 6 | The two customers thought this hilarious ; as I turned to leave , and saw myself in the mirror , I joined in the laughter . |
| 7 | As I undressed , I saw myself in the mirror . |
| 8 | It 's like seeing myself in the shadows there , all choked up . |
| 9 | I will grow old gracefully , as we are advised ; and as I made ready for the night I tried to see myself as the little girls must have seen me . |
| 10 | Leaning in over the sleeping child I must have wanted to see myself as the angel , hovering in protection of an infant who was so obviously in peril . |
| 11 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 12 | I see myself on the train , in holiday mood , then walking past sunlit honeyed stone walls with doorways opening into quiet inner worlds of lawns and laughter . |
| 13 | This degree is an exciting new venture , and I see myself as the first of many lay people who will benefit from the training here ’ . |
| 14 | When I see myself in the mirror I realise why ; I am very unattractive . |
| 15 | I see myself in the Northern European tradition . |
| 16 | I see myself in the Northern European tradition . |