Example sentences of "[verb] myself [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have resigned myself wholly to the will of God — and trust that you and my dear sister will do the same … for He does nothing without a cause . |
| 2 | The moment I felt myself slipping back into that sad , old routine , I jerked myself back to the reality of the moment . |
| 3 | So when I 'd picked myself up from the floor , my arm bruised from shoulder to wrist , I thought ‘ I 'll show the buggers . ’ |
| 4 | One thing I distinctly remember about watching that kestrel hover happened on a clear blue day when I 'd managed to position myself practically underneath the bird . |
| 5 | ‘ So I climbed into the back seat , ’ he recalled , ‘ stripped off the suit I was wearing and put on my pyjamas , thinking I could dry myself afterwards with the spare pair . |
| 6 | Because I had n't sorted myself out about the whole thing properly , my feelings while waiting were a complete tangle — although I did n't want to see him , I did desperately want him to want to see me . |
| 7 | I found myself aground in the middle of the loch , firmly wedged on one such stump , and the only way out of the problem was to leap overboard and shove . |
| 8 | When he finally got on his feet , Roger seemed unduly keen , and I found myself unexpectedly on the defensive . |
| 9 | After a few attempts at checking myself by thinking of Hattie Jacques and Eric Sykes riding a tandem , I found myself back at the doctor . |
| 10 | He conducted me back down the cold stone steps by the scruff of my neck and soon I found myself back in the street again . |
| 11 | And so I found myself back in the overgrown garden in the bright daylight . |
| 12 | Found myself out in the snow but the snow had turned into cotton wool . |
| 13 | I associate myself also with the remarks made by the Opposition Chief Whip about the dignity with which the hon. and learned Gentleman has borne himself in adversity . |
| 14 | Pushing myself up off the wet ground , I brushed the twigs and earth off my trousers while I checked my pockets . |
| 15 | I slid Lewis 's helmet on and cut myself off from the world . |
| 16 | This deed somehow necessitated a second manoeuvre , that of picking myself up off the floor . |
| 17 | That settled , I booked myself in for the first two weeks of August , five months after my operation . |
| 18 | It was six o'clock when I let myself out of the house . |
| 19 | I found the whisky , let myself out of the cellar and locked it , turned all the lights out , gave Mrs McSpadden the bottle , accepted a belated new-year kiss from her , then made my way out through the kitchen and the corridor and the crowded hall where the music sounded loud and people were laughing , and out through the now almost empty entrance hall and down the steps of the castle and down the driveway and down to Gallanach , where I walked along the esplanade — occasionally having to wave or say ‘ Happy New Year ’ to various people I did n't know — until I got to the old railway pier and then the harbour , where I sat on the quayside , legs dangling , drinking my whisky and watching a couple of swans glide on black , still water , to the distant sound of highland jigs coming from the Steam Packet Hotel , and singing and happy-new-year shouts echoing in the streets of the town , and the occasional sniff as my nose watered in sympathy with my eyes . |
| 20 | I quietly let myself out of the flat and ran down the stairs coming too quickly upon a crumpled heap hunched at the bottom . |
| 21 | I was going to tell her I had taken her keys and let myself back into the house , " he added , " but I arrived too late . |
| 22 | I took a shorter way than Sapt and when I reached the moat , I hid my horse in the trees , tied my rope round a strong tree and let myself down into the water . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I shut the door , crossed the yard , and let myself in through the kitchen . |
| 24 | ‘ I just came home , let myself in by the back door and went straight to bed . ’ |
| 25 | I buried myself deeper in the warmth of my own blanket and slept again . |
| 26 | I drove myself on in the certainty that I held the ‘ trump ’ card behind me , quite literally . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |
| 28 | ‘ You can not expect to be in the national squad unless you can prove that you are good enough , so I just have to continue the learning process , equip myself fully for the task , get a bit fitter and that , hopefully , will be at least half the battle ’ . |
| 29 | I hid myself away in the long grass at the edge of the wood near Sykes Farm . |
| 30 | I had got myself down on the floor of the Superdome Convention Hall to make a video . |