Example sentences of "myself in " in BNC.

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1 i found myself in the same place where I 'd been wounded in Easter , 1917 .
2 Yet who would have thought I would talk to myself in this way in these notes ? he wrote .
3 It is myself in there .
4 Must see it for myself in a public space .
5 The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke .
6 ‘ You know , Dorothy , you and I have one thing in common , ’ I remember saying to myself in a Dutch accent , ‘ we both only got as far as Harwich . ’
7 ‘ It 's so awfully difficult — I 'd be bound to get myself in a muddle trying to explain myself . ’
8 As I wrapped myself in my gas cape and crouched down in a corner of the trench , I gazed up at the sky .
9 in the rear of the trench , wrapped myself in an old Army blanket , I could hear the sound of the German sniping starting up for the day .
10 It 's raining heavily as I wrap myself in my gascape and move further to the back of the trench .
11 In the flush of enthusiasm , if not youthful , at least inexperienced , I set myself in 1960 two major objectives : one was the development of extramural services — ‘ community care ’ was the jargon — which would reduce the incidence of hospital care and counteract the institutionalism of long-stay hospitals ; and the other , not unconnected , was to break down the huge mental hospitals inherited from the nineteenth century .
12 And yet , alighting in the sunshine from the trembling train I found myself in a space transfigured by the three stages of the passage through the underworld that is matinee cinema : the transition from day to night ; the day for night of the viewing ; the transition back to daylight .
13 I totally lost myself in the remoteness .
14 I thought I 'd absorb myself in all these things .
15 I get all dolled up for a party and then I look at myself in the mirror and suddenly chicken out , put my jeans on , ruffle up my hair , and only then do I feel comfortable . ’
16 I could n't stand any more , so I locked myself in my bedroom and in the morning I went to Newhaven and got on the boat .
17 I have another look at myself in the mirror .
18 I grin at myself in the mirror .
19 I look up at myself in the mirror while I 'm soaking my hands .
20 I smile at myself in the mirror .
21 That was a bit of a shock , cos I was dreaming about summat about a train and Marie going away , and then suddenly I came to and found myself in the station .
22 ( For some reason I found myself in Charlbury last week — about 15 miles from where I thought I was , and ought to have been ! )
23 I had to fight for the right to cut dresses as well as suits , to make evening dress as well as day wear and even now , when I 've proved myself in those areas , I have to fight members of my own staff who believe I should still stick to producing powerful women 's suits .
24 I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new .
25 Having made a collection myself in a depressed area , I got £2.30 in total .
26 ‘ I 'll go myself in fact .
27 That being so , ‘ I must immerse myself in the atmosphere of my homeland . ’
28 So seriously , too , did I take myself in it , that from the time I was sixteen I found myself hardly letting a week pass without writing one or two descriptions — of a man , or a place , or a walk — in a manner largely founded on Jefferies ' Amateur Poacher , Kingsley 's Prose Idylls , and Mr. Francis A. Knight 's weekly contributions to the Daily News , but doubtless with tones supplied also by Shelley and Keats , and later on by Ruskin , De Quincey , Pater , and Sir Thomas Browne …
29 But here I am talking blissfully about myself in the old fashion !
30 ‘ I do n't regret not having much time to pamper myself in the bathroom , as the inclination is n't there .
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