Example sentences of "[pron] 've [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 I 've declared myself .
2 ‘ I think I 've wet myself . ’
3 ‘ That 's another fine mess I 've gotten myself into .
4 Well we kept on like that and er er people like that we were packing up wholesale so erm I 've lost myself a little bit now .
5 I 've got round it with a couple of amplifiers that I 've built myself ; they 're very reliable and they both sound the same .
6 Erm I mean this is only a er this is only a sort of a a wa a program I 've built myself
7 I know I might go to jail , but I 've prepared myself for it .
8 Even though I 've accepted myself , it does n't mean I would n't want to look better sometimes .
9 ‘ I know I 've shocked you — I 've shocked myself , over and over again .
10 I 've asked myself that question time and again .
11 I 've asked myself since a hundred times .
12 Lord knows it 's a question I 've asked myself often enough .
13 I 've asked myself that time and time again .
14 I simply say that on the debates we 've had on the Policing Bill , I 've learnt what the functions of your Noble House is all about and the speech that 's just been made from across the Chamber from me , sums up entirely my views on the matter , and I say to your Lordships House that on the basis of experience as Northern Ireland Secretary when one is a Home Secretary for a province and there 's a number of people in this House who 've had a job to do including the Noble Lord , The Noble Viscount Whitelaw who set the tone of the way we all proceeded , I accept that , the one of the things we had to do there was bring democracy back to policing and the primary force of policing is taking a long time to do and that here as Home Secretary , everything I learned there was , stop the growing centralisation and the weakening of the police authorities and police force and this Bill does exactly that But now one of the questions I 've asked myself and it 's the only point because all the points have been made that I really want to ask the Government is what are these appointees for ?
15 I 'd live off my wits even though I 've geared myself to be a footballer .
16 ‘ No , I 've kept myself to myself for most of my life .
17 I 've kept myself fit and I was raring to go .
18 All that time I 've kept myself in trim .
19 Christ all bloody mighty , she was thinking , I 've landed myself a good one here !
20 I 've imagined myself in situations like this , made up speeches in my head , speeches about truth and freedom and protection of sources , speeches I imagined delivering from the witness box just before the judge sentenced me to ninety days or six months or whatever for contempt of court , but I was kidding myself .
21 I 've cut myself , know how I was twenty ?
22 And I 've cut myself down to one .
23 I 've seen myself take something like a rabbit 's foot into an interview , ’ says Mr Strouthos .
24 After all , I 've seen myself in the mirror .
25 Exactly what I 've done myself .
26 And I 've done myself a on that reckoning , because until we 've got that sorted anyway .
27 ‘ Sometimes I 've felt myself playing because people expect it , and I tell myself ‘ no , do n't do it . ’
28 Anyone who 's vigilant knows what 's going on and they 're aware of what 's happening , so again it , it shows that we must do something as they said on that motorway , the thing to do when you feel yourself going into drow drowsiness is , is stop the car perhaps , get out and have a walk round , do something , I know I , er in the past when I 've felt myself going off to sleep in those situations , I 've been pinching myself and , and really making yourself do something rather than just sitting there doing nothing , cos that 's the way we just go off and get lowered into sleep and our lives are involved in this , we 've read and heard about people that have gone to sleep on motorways have n't they ?
29 I 've lobotomised myself ’ he tells friend in pub
30 It 's pretty much ready to go but I 'm quite keen to extend this playtime period I 've given myself .
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