Example sentences of "i [verb] [pn reflx] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got myself elected onto the Students ' Council where I muddled through , never having read the agenda papers and often not knowing what on earth everyone else was talking about . |
| 2 | Said the communique De Benedetti sent out by facsimile about an hour after his meeting with the judges , which the paper said seemed to be written in his own hand : ‘ Several times , I resisted the vexations of the regime , in some occasions I resigned myself to accept them , but only when I found myself faced with the necessity of defending the survival of the company and the thousands of dependents and shareholders toward whom I felt a massive responsibility . |
| 3 | As they passed the alimentari ( shut , as it might be forever ) and then plunged off the road into the shadows of the bramble-lined single track , Haverford quoted , as he had been waiting to do ever since they left Heathrow : ‘ ‘ In the middle of the journey of our life , I found myself lost in a dark wood , ’ ’ he began to translate for the benefit of the children , but they were all , including the baby , asleep now and Molly thought that for her father to pretend to be in the middle of his life was a bit of a cheek anyway . |
| 4 | I fled to the Students ' Union where , within a very few days , I found myself co-opted onto the Students ' Council . |
| 5 | One horrible night I found myself crouched at the door , listening for sounds of pain which would have given me pleasure , sounds of pleasure that would have hurt . |
| 6 | I FIND MYSELF caught in the toils of having to give a personal explanation for why I ca n't write a personal explanation for the formation of my adult beliefs . |
| 7 | A few discreet phone calls and suddenly I find myself shunted into a siding while the investigation into Ruggiero 's murder passes me by . ’ |
| 8 | I felt myself propelled towards the stage . |
| 9 | In July of 1982 , during the Israeli siege of west Beirut , I had myself prowled through the archives to try and discover the political roots of the Lebanese Phalange , Israel 's latest ally in its war against the Palestinians . |
| 10 | I see myself sprawled in a chair , setting them at ease in a trice , and passing on the acquired wisdom of my life . |
| 11 | I am ushered reverently into a cabin and pick up the quaint hand set , which has an additional round earpiece for clamping over the spare ear , so that I see myself reflected in the glass like a radio operator or a session singer . |