Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I failed to get myself introduced the other night . |
| 2 | ‘ I got to sort myself out , see . ’ |
| 3 | I never stopped loving you , either … however hard I tried to fool myself that I had … ’ |
| 4 | He seemed unconcerned at letting me loose on his half-share investment and I tried telling myself that ahead lay merely a quick pop over three undemanding obstacles , not the first searching test of my chances of racing . |
| 5 | I tried to tell myself I loved her and when that did no good I tried telling myself I hated her . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The child glared at me so fiercely that I tried to ingratiate myself by asking who was her favourite composer . |
| 8 | Under the influence of this late surge of rational speculation I tried to view myself in a different light . |
| 9 | ‘ I tried to kill myself with a drugs overdose . |
| 10 | I tried to kill myself twice in the space of ten days , |
| 11 | I tried to remind myself who I am and how I play tennis . ’ |
| 12 | Over coffee back at the office I tried to pull myself together and sell him a traded option in copper which would , as it turned out , have made him quite a lot of money . |
| 13 | I tried to pull myself out but my foot was caught in some branches and the current squashed the canoe hard up against me , allowing me no movement . |
| 14 | I tried working myself into the ground , but I could be totally exhausted and still remember . |
| 15 | Gripping the ski-poles I tried to keep myself steady as the velocity increased and then , all of a sudden I sailed over the edge and felt myself going head over heels towards a white mass of snow far below . |
| 16 | No matter how hard I tried to steel myself , you just became more and more persuasive . |
| 17 | I tried to knock myself out with some cider I 'd bought , then I swallowed a bottle of weedkiller and started to walk towards the lake . |
| 18 | I tried to distract myself by concentrating on Jamila . |
| 19 | But I realized I 'd said it so I tried to dig myself out the hole |
| 20 | I tried to kid myself that someone took her and dragged her there , you know the scenario . |
| 21 | I think that secretly I wanted to get pregnant , although I tried to kid myself I did n't . |
| 22 | I was waiting for you … and then after that night I was here with you , I tried to convince myself that it was over , that I did n't need any more . |
| 23 | I tried to convince myself that she had said , ‘ I told you it would be useful , ’ referring to the accomplishment rather than the teacher . |
| 24 | As I came into the hotel I tried to project myself back into a time when I 'd have been thinking — Sunday press party , rather fun . |
| 25 | I tried to tell myself that the road was only practice for the desert . |
| 26 | I tried to tell myself I loved her and when that did no good I tried telling myself I hated her . |
| 27 | Meg said : ‘ I tried to tell myself that . |
| 28 | I tried to tell myself it did n't matter . |
| 29 | I tried to tell myself , as they invited themselves in , that there was no need for anxiety . |
| 30 | I tried to tell myself it was purely physical and you were just an object of desire , but I knew it was more than that . ’ |