Example sentences of "[verb] myself on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Most extraordinary thing : as wife shoves high-chair into car 's rear suspension and I quietly herniate myself on a couple of bags filled with Devon mud and light aggregate thieved from local quarry by children , strange sense of loss creeps over me .
2 I 'm not patting myself on the back — it 's a highly competitive business and one needs selfish , single-minded dedication to succeed , but because female comics were rare in my day , competition was negligible , and I was able to be generous .
3 ‘ I found myself on a level with the whole of the French people ; my new companions … were miners , navvies , workers in metal and wood .
4 This occurred just after I took a turning and found myself on a road curving around the edge of a hill .
5 IN FEBRUARY 1985 I found myself on a flight scheduled for the Yemen Arab Republic , now called Yemen since its amalgamation with the People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen in May 1990 .
6 Taking a couple of rights , I found myself on the ramp of lower Eighth Avenue — a medium-poor people 's district , I assumed .
7 But I fancy that if I found myself on the field of Waterloo with a foot missing , or in a dentist 's chair without benefit of anaesthetic — a future form of laudanum — or faced with a work-situation in which my family were slowly being starved and degraded , then my conclusions might reasonably be the same . )
8 I did a neat somersault and found myself on the bottom of the river , drowning ; fishing jacket , waders and fishing bag weighed me down .
9 IT was on a very wet Saturday afternoon that I found myself on the top of the North Downs observing whiffs of smoke emerging from a boiler which to all intents and purposes was standing among a mountain of waste metal in a field almost miles from anywhere .
10 Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her .
11 I busied myself on the shore
12 No , oh yes , nick all the cards and played myself on the tune
13 ‘ Beware the falconer with the clean glove , ’ they say , and certainly I was looking forward to getting my glove dirty — at least metaphorically — with some practical experience when I booked myself on a falconry course on Bodmin Moor in the summer of 1988 .
14 I could see myself on the roof of our house , as , for the last time , I spread the couscous out to dry on a sheet in the sun before my journey to London : I could see the village below me : the tops of the trees , the minaret , the ancient wall which ran round my village .
15 ‘ I want to put myself on the map and this Test is a good chance to start doing it . ’
16 I got to my feet , supporting myself on the side of the shelter .
17 ‘ Maybe I was n't disgracing myself on the park , but I was cheating the Sheffield fans and manager Jimmy Sirrell .
18 Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor .
19 And I find myself on the pavement … crowds yelling … men surging towards the entrance , trying to get in , police with truncheons swinging — then my most terrifying experience .
20 As in the case of last year 's most successful film , Robin Hood , Prince of Thieves , I find myself on the side of the audiences .
21 I turned off the road when I drew level with the Brigadier and his Officers , and placed myself on the right of Mills Roberts as the Brigade swept past to the tune Highland Laddie .
22 Brained myself on the boot lid again .
23 I walk along the side of the motel scratching myself on the pebble dash , for carelessness .
24 If they think I 'm pretty , that 's nice , I 'm complimented ; but if they do n't think I am , I have n't put myself on the line .
25 I put myself on the line for him once already and look where it got me : thirty-six hours in jail ; Interrogations every four hours .
26 When you 've done that first one you 'll have to let us have a listen , I 've never heard myself on the tape before .
27 I 'll try to lose myself on the way into the factory . ’
28 ‘ The truth is I knew throughout the summer that my game was not as sharp and I was not enjoying myself on the course as I did in 1991 .
29 It suddenly occurred to me that I had been so busy enjoying myself on the Mantela that I had never even opened either of them .
30 Finally I decided to decline politely and throw myself on the mercy of an acquaintance instead . ’
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