Example sentences of "myself with " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've better things to do than make a fool of myself with you . |
| 2 | Belinda says : ‘ I remember looking at her clearly for the first time , searching for that visual connection with my family or her father 's , some genetic connection to identify myself with her , but seeing instead that otherness — the look of a stranger . |
| 3 | After a quick wash and shave , dressed in a freshly pressed kilt and battledress blouse , polished boots and all , I presented myself with the other Commandos at the orderly room to get my hands on that very important rail pass . |
| 4 | But , playing through the amp , I began to realise how daft it was sitting up in my bedroom by myself with it , trying to work my way through tunes . |
| 5 | Now I try to surround myself with as many influences as I can and avoid all that . |
| 6 | ‘ It took a very long time to reconcile myself with my father . ’ |
| 7 | I console myself with the thought that whatever happens to the ankles of others ( and there is no doubt that prettily turned item is a tremendous turn-on ) , mine are contemplated without the libido 's charging in with its usual tedious cries of ‘ Me , me , me ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ I was beside myself with fear , and started panicking as she did n't seem to be able to swim . |
| 9 | After being stuck in traffic behind trailer upon trailer carrying ‘ The Doors ’ logo , I eventually found myself with director Oliver Stone watching a drunk and disorderly Morrison recording ‘ Touch Me ’ . |
| 10 | I drank fears like wormwood , yea , made myself drunken with bitterness ; for my ever-shaping and distrustful mind still mingled gall-drops , till out of the cup of hope I almost poisoned myself with despair … |
| 11 | The house I now rent could be let again and in all I might find myself with a handsome income . |
| 12 | I shall go even further : my freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles . |
| 13 | Having refreshed myself with a glass of one of the excellent local wines and a vision of two large ladies at the adjoining table munching their way through what looked like several pounds of ice-cream , I decided it would be fun to walk to France . |
| 14 | The corner shop comes into view , with JJ 's ugly mug peering round it , and jerking back at the sight of me , and I am killing myself with laughter inside as Miss Plum and I walk right past , together . |
| 15 | I cover myself with insect repellent , have a drink of water ( my two foresights ) . |
| 16 | I went to my room and calmed myself with some invisible mending . |
| 17 | The predictions that I have concerned myself with are rather more critical . |
| 18 | I have extracted a vast number of chocolates from automatic machines ; I have obtained cigarettes , toffee , scent , and other things that I dislike by the same machinery ; I have weighed myself with sublime results ; and this sense not only of the healthiness of popular things , but of their essential antiquity and permanence is still in possession of my mind . |
| 19 | And indeed , it was then that I felt a new resolve not to be daunted in respect to the one professional task I have entrusted myself with on this trip ; that is to say , regarding Miss Kenton and our present staffing problems , But that was this morning . |
| 20 | I make it my business to acquaint myself with where objects properly belong in a house . |
| 21 | I decided therefore to occupy myself with some further tasks in the billiard room , assuming she would after a while see the ludicrousness of her position and leave . |
| 22 | Look at Carlos Lopes — I would n't compare myself with Lopes , but the fact is that he ran his fastest 10K while he was training for a marathon [ Lopes ran the then second fastest ever 10,000m , with 17:17.48 in July 1984 , just one month before winning the Olympic marathon in a record 2:09.21 ] . |
| 23 | Reeling somewhat from the gin concoction , and making for the captain 's office , I console myself with the thought that if I need anything from an appendectomy to open heart surgery , there is no shortage of equipment or expertise to hand . |
| 24 | I was beside myself with embarrassment , but really chuffed that Peter had said , ‘ He does a very good job ’ . |
| 25 | Next , I bathed myself with a soapy cloth in the appropriate hygienic order . |
| 26 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |
| 27 | I smiled , mopped my face , and sat on a rock to toast myself with two pints of chlorinated water . |
| 28 | By the summer of 1937 I had busied myself with journalism and with radio programme production for eight years , and I was becoming restless . |
| 29 | Almost suffocating myself with a minimum breathing aperture on account of the midges , I also started to condense inside the bag . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |