Example sentences of "[verb] myself [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fuller description of this can be found in the paperback edition of A Presumption of Innocence , so here I will confine myself to the main points . |
| 2 | Periodically I went back to the northern wastes again , a sort of alchemical prep school where , like Lorne , I sustained myself through the dark times with dreams of the southern islands . |
| 3 | I called for the last time at the first house in the village and pressed the buzzer , but on getting no reply resigned myself to the long walk down the mountain . |
| 4 | I did n't go into the parents ' room but went on beyond it to find myself in the rear part of the carriage , at the very end of the train . |
| 5 | Eliot had arranged with me beforehand that we should have a private meeting , and meanwhile I sank myself into the communal life of the place . |
| 6 | Anyway , I did some radio interviews and I was quite taken aback when I found myself over the front page of the Evening Standard . |
| 7 | With jackdaws and Mambas both out of the frame , I found myself considering the bizarre idea that the storm had something to do with the disappearance of my dead sister 's remains . |
| 8 | In a short while , limping and protesting , I found myself at the local prison , pushed into a filthy stinking room with some two dozen other malefactors . |
| 9 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 10 | ‘ And I just found myself in the right place at the right time ! ’ |
| 11 | I found myself in the curious position of being the sponsor minister of the industry and also the minister ultimately answerable for health service spending . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge . |
| 14 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge |
| 15 | The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me . |
| 16 | When I made my way down its spiral staircase I found myself in the main thoroughfare of the town where I was born . |
| 17 | ( Once , taking the night train from London to Paris , I found myself in the locked sleeping compartment of a locked coach in a locked hold beneath the waterline on a cross-channel ferry ; I did n't think of Jonah at the time , but perhaps my panic was related to his . |
| 18 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 19 | By chance , I found myself in the royal apartments , a long , polished gallery where the freshly waxed wood winked in the sunlight and the walls shimmered with the exquisite tapestries hung there . |
| 20 | Without knowing how , I found myself in the smart medieval quarter again . |
| 21 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh God , ’ I replied , launching myself at the Moroccan fabric , ‘ he has n't blown the gaff on my war wound , has he ? |
| 23 | I have permitted myself throughout the useful abbreviation ‘ iff ’ for ‘ if and only if ’ . |
| 24 | It hurts me now to realize how much I numbed myself from the searing pains of those years . |
| 25 | " This is Miss Graham , " I said , surprising myself by the furtive urgency in my own voice . |
| 26 | May I associate myself with the Prime Minister 's remarks about Queen Elizabeth II ? |
| 27 | As I disentangled myself from the green wool , I had been linked not only to these women beside me , but to those in Canaan and all the other women through the centuries who have wept over the death of the gods of life , of love , and of hope , whom they tried to revive with their tears . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's full speed ahead for the seasons , and , if I can , I work 12 or 14 hours a day then , because otherwise I ca n't see myself through the quiet times . |
| 29 | WILLIAMS : Sir , the French Telemachus , for I am about perfecting myself in the French tongue . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , unlike the reader in your latest issue , I have been unable to rid myself of the conventional black and white screen in favour of the blue and yellow achievable . |