Example sentences of "[v-ing] myself " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all that psyching myself up for it . |
| 2 | To some temperaments it may seem that in crediting myself only with a capacity to choose between reactions which themselves are not chosen but caused , I would be representing myself as something less than human . |
| 3 | Erm representing myself . |
| 4 | My names Christopher with reference to that representing myself . |
| 5 | Mervyn , representing Help the Aged , or at least representing myself in responding to Chris Heginbotham 's address , but er , here for Help the Aged today . |
| 6 | Starving myself was dangerous and could eventually mean I might starve to death . |
| 7 | And the irony entailed in starving myself in order to survive was not altogether lost on me . |
| 8 | When he was offered the Rangers job , he told his estranged wife that there was no way he would become a sterotypical manager ‘ working all hours and driving myself crazy ’ . |
| 9 | I tried new drivers — Armenians , Indians , Arabs , blacks — but ended up driving myself in a rented car . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sure there was … but I 'm not about to start psychoanalysing myself … ‘ |
| 11 | But I was obsessed with the idea of detoxifying myself . |
| 12 | Appalled , I fought against him , pressing myself back , making my body leaden . |
| 13 | ‘ Still , at least you seem to appreciate I 've given you the plum job , whilst landing myself with the task of keeping an eye on Fedorov . |
| 14 | But that , that was the er th erm sorry I 'm interrupting myself . |
| 15 | So of course I g I was not bidding myself , Mr went to the auctioneer , Mr , he 's dead . |
| 16 | ‘ I am opening myself to new possibilities . ’ |
| 17 | I am opening myself as a channel to the Light . ’ |
| 18 | If I 'm making a film of myself and I 'm on probation , at the end of the year I can pass or fail or have my probation extended because I 'm not successful enough to be called a qualified teacher , then I 'm opening myself up for people to come and look at my mistakes . |
| 19 | Er , and I do n't intend to take up any more of the court 's time simply opening myself documentation and making points upon it . |
| 20 | I trip on something in the ferns , twisting in mid-air as my ankle gives underneath me and I slam backwards into the ground , winding myself . |
| 21 | Mostly , it was just a way of keeping myself occupied . |
| 22 | They turned out to be very nice digs , but I was still faced , for the first time in my life , with the practicalities of keeping myself fed and clothed , and getting to lectures and passing exams . |
| 23 | ‘ Playing at the end of the field , being in contention , keeping myself relaxed but at the same time getting the adrenalin running , ’ explained Faldo . |
| 24 | However , by keeping myself hidden , I could observe their ‘ normal ’ boisterous behaviour so I decided that ‘ dither fish ’ were needed . |
| 25 | I grabbed the top of the fence and pulled myself up until I could rest my forearms there , keeping myself about a foot off the ground by skidding the toes of my trainers — only cleaned last week as well — into the wet wood . |
| 26 | Yeah , keeping myself busy I 've got a lot of surveys coming up in Caernarfon of all places |
| 27 | Amusing myself with such trivial thoughts , I waited for the rain to give up . |
| 28 | Before tearing myself away , I stopped at the edge of the market beside the asparagus-seller . |
| 29 | Since downloading the file I 've had severe difficulty tearing myself away from this game , such is the enjoyment and frustration I 've had from it . |
| 30 | I 'm not patting myself on the back — it 's a highly competitive business and one needs selfish , single-minded dedication to succeed , but because female comics were rare in my day , competition was negligible , and I was able to be generous . |