Example sentences of "[verb] myself [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also built myself a second house there , and so I had two homes . |
| 2 | I began to move more freely around the island again , and built myself a third house . |
| 3 | ‘ If the Tories get in , I 'll go out and buy myself a new frock , ’ said perhaps the most influential man in British fashion . |
| 4 | Perhaps , as my niece would say , I should buy myself a new dictionary . |
| 5 | Then I had to save up and buy myself a black dress for the afternoons when the housemaid was out , you see . |
| 6 | To find myself a Good Career to Travel and |
| 7 | The next morning I woke up , and was relieved to find myself a normal man again … |
| 8 | And I do n't bother to find myself a reflective surface wherein to follow them-although no doubt the gleam in Rainbow 's eye , or the slick of moisture on Anya 's parted lips , would do at a pinch . |
| 9 | I wanted to find myself a quiet corner and curl up in it . |
| 10 | I would consider myself an old-fashioned painter . ’ |
| 11 | One night I promised myself a hot water bottle , a basket of marzipan fruits and a video . |
| 12 | I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin . |
| 13 | And so it went on in what was styled — even in the ranks — as the Baldwin Air Force , and it was in this environment that I found myself a mere fragment within a daily expanding Air Force . |
| 14 | And yet , until Irina described me as bad-tempered , I had considered myself a peaceable man , a listener and an observer , occasionally a counsellor , even a mediator . |
| 15 | I can with a few deft strokes build myself a crenellated castle with coloured windows , or a maze of evergreen , or a field of rippling corn , or a fat blackbird with bright eyes picking at a cluster of red berries . |
| 16 | I ca n't give myself the great happiness of promising to be yours — because I am sure I ought not to ! ’ |
| 17 | I poured myself a huge whisky . |
| 18 | I poured myself a stiff drink and tossed it down . |
| 19 | I allowed myself a brief glance at Alison 's ample contours . |
| 20 | If it does , then I suppose I shall have to buy myself a larger dictionary . |
| 21 | She was thinking this so hard that she was not surprised when he stood up and said , " I 'm going to drop around to Felicity 's and get myself a real bath . " |
| 22 | Choir night , so I get myself an early supper . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd only intended to fix myself a light snack and get an early night . |
| 24 | ‘ I want to keep playing well , and if I ca n't make the team then I want to be in a position to give myself a real chance in America in two years time . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ In true Hitchcock tradition , I always make one appearance in each series of Rumpole , but this time I decided to give myself a speaking part , ’ he says . |
| 26 | ‘ It is just that after much brainwork in Rome I have thought to give myself a little holiday on this famous Capri Island . ’ |
| 27 | Roe , already third , fourth and fifth in European tour events this year , said : ‘ I birdied the first three holes to give myself a flying start and never really looked back . ’ |
| 28 | I walked on further down the street and when I spied a suitable coffee shop , I went in , sat down and ordered myself a soothing cuppa . |
| 29 | I find myself the only thing is to change the subject . |
| 30 | Consequentially , when I saw him marching swiftly towards me I permitted myself a brief groan . |