Example sentences of "myself [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I was a little bit of a skinhead myself for a while .
2 Talking of which , you 'll laugh when you hear I went a bit bonkers myself for a while .
3 I think I 'll keep it to myself for a while .
4 ‘ Besides , if we hurry home , I can have you all to myself for a while before they come . ’
5 ‘ I am twenty-four , independent , I have my own flat , my own business , and I think I can take care of myself for a couple of weeks on a small , friendly Mediterranean island , thanks very much !
6 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 .
7 Anyway , now that I 've got you to myself for a moment can we make some plans ?
8 I forgot myself for a moment back in the woods , it is true , ’ he admitted in a goaded voice , ‘ but the circumstances were exceptional .
9 ‘ I simply forgot myself for a moment , that 's all , ’ she said stiffly .
10 Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match .
11 I had to live with myself for the rest of my life .
12 I braced myself for the explosion but luckily it went between the wheels .
13 I 'm a single parent , and I blame myself for the way he is — but I feel it 's too late to get through to him now as talking or reasoning does n't work .
14 I climbed on to the shed roof and gathered myself for the jump .
15 If they had worked on me enough , I 'd have blown the whistle on myself for the Lindbergh kidnapping , the bombing of Pearl Harbor , the Cleveland Torso slayings , betraying West Point to the British , fixing the 1919 World Series and souring all the milk in Salem , Massachusetts .
16 I brace myself for the sight of the posters , unrolled and exposed , and the dole cards .
17 I 've an idea myself for the golf er
18 I rise to return thanks on behalf of my fellow guests and myself for the honour you have done us , and the pleasure you have given us , by asking us to share in this , your annual occasion .
19 I prepared myself for the baton change as Mac set off on his leg , so I did not see what happened there .
20 I naturally felt very good about it and proud of myself for the discipline I had shown during the winter in getting down to the work necessary to achieve the successes I had obtained .
21 And braced myself for the deluge of his anger .
22 The best deal I can do on the airfares is £870 — this includes a small fee for myself for the administration .
23 The clipped , breezy tone was one that Belinda knew by this time , and it meant , I want to be left to myself for the time being , thank you .
24 Yes , I have prostituted myself for the sake of art .
25 As Crilly can not drive , I ply myself with junk food and coffee , preparing myself for the wheel .
26 ‘ I put it there myself for an emergency like this .
27 The theatre director Schuh was there and he saw me sitting by myself during the interval .
28 During the lead-up to my emergence as a fully-fledged lesbian , I suffered unspeakably as I steered myself through a minefield of heavily internalized Catholic dogma .
29 I pushed myself through the agony of broaching the subject of Mark 's death and then , when I had the opportunity to finish the deed and expose the truth of my association , tell Luke what a low-down swine he is , I crumbled like a coward .
30 I thus made my way as quietly as possible to a position from which I could execute such a march , and clutching my implements firmly about me , succeeded in propelling myself through the doorway and several paces down the corridor before a somewhat astonished Miss Kenton could recover her wits .
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