Example sentences of "[verb] myself on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Taking a couple of rights , I found myself on the ramp of lower Eighth Avenue — a medium-poor people 's district , I assumed . |
| 3 | 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 . ) |
| 4 | I did a neat somersault and found myself on the bottom of the river , drowning ; fishing jacket , waders and fishing bag weighed me down . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her . |
| 7 | I busied myself on the shore |
| 8 | No , oh yes , nick all the cards and played myself on the tune |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I want to put myself on the map and this Test is a good chance to start doing it . ’ |
| 11 | I got to my feet , supporting myself on the side of the shelter . |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe I was n't disgracing myself on the park , but I was cheating the Sheffield fans and manager Jimmy Sirrell . |
| 13 | Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I forced the gun down and hit myself on the knees . |
| 18 | Brained myself on the boot lid again . |
| 19 | I walk along the side of the motel scratching myself on the pebble dash , for carelessness . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I 'll try to lose myself on the way into the factory . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Finally I decided to decline politely and throw myself on the mercy of an acquaintance instead . ’ |
| 27 | Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum . |
| 28 | I made myself another coffee , extended myself on the sofa — my legs quivery with fatigue — opened the folder , pulled out the sheets of paper and started to read . |
| 29 | I always position myself on the side in which the rabbits hit the net . |
| 30 | I said miserably , throwing myself on the cab-driver 's mercy : |