Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] myself [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After establishing myself in the team I have only been dropped once , that was by John Duncan and I deserved it . ’ |
| 2 | All the other times were just a way of reminding myself of the realities and provoking you at the same time . |
| 3 | But if I were Ben Hogan , and a Bob Hamilton or Willie Goggin chipped in to beat me in The Masters , a Walter Burkemo holed a sand shot to swipe the PGA , a raw rookie — pick one — holed a 7-iron to beat me somewhere in Florida and then the like of a Bud Holscher or a Shelley Mayfield holed yet another sand shot to steal yet another victory , then I 'd not only be scouring the Fort Worth Yellow Pages looking for the nearest shrink , I might even think of tossing myself under a freight train in the nearest marshalling yard . |
| 4 | After years of immersing myself in a new culture , I went to my local GP with a long letter explaining my wish to see a psychiatrist . |
| 5 | I thought of presenting myself at the docks and saying that my pocket had been picked … but I lacked the impudence to carry it off . |
| 6 | ‘ I have ways of getting myself to the kitchens , ’ said the Bookman . |
| 7 | It was the thought of facing myself in the morning light , followed by a swift but burnished appearance on a TV arts review programme later that day , that had caused me to wake up damp and thudding . |
| 8 | I had had nothing to read for three months , and now that we had some time to ourselves reading was a good way of distracting myself from the immediacies of life around me . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ I take this opportunity of dedicating myself to the service of my constituents and in any capacity whatsoever to the people of my country . |
| 10 | ‘ My solo record was a way of finding myself , a way almost of validating myself as a musician . |
| 11 | WILLIAMS : Sir , the French Telemachus , for I am about perfecting myself in the French tongue . |
| 12 | It 's like seeing myself in the shadows there , all choked up . |
| 13 | Feel like cutting myself down the middle ! |
| 14 | I want to upgrade to a much larger reef tank in the near future , but first should I gain much-needed experience in keeping invertebrates before committing myself to the expense of failure with a large tank ? |
| 15 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |
| 16 | I thus made my way as quietly as possible to a position from which I could execute such a march , and clutching my implements firmly about me , succeeded in propelling myself through the doorway and several paces down the corridor before a somewhat astonished Miss Kenton could recover her wits . |
| 17 | And I remember to this day , though I was so small , that mother was very angry with me , for unclothing myself before the servant , who was a very nice girl who had been with us for a long time . |
| 18 | I will become a functioning member by involving myself in a specific area of regular Christian service within my church . |