Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I mean to arm myself from this day on — be warned , lest you are tempted to trespass on my confidence .
2 We all have the right to change our mind … and that 's why I hate committing myself in print about these personal things .
3 ‘ No disrespect to you , Marge , but I want to save myself for when I get married . ’
4 I want to put myself on the map and this Test is a good chance to start doing it . ’
5 When I want to find myself in the dream of the New Look , I have to reconstruct the picture , look down at my sandals and the hem of my dress , for in the dream itself I am only an eye , watching .
6 ‘ I must n't tell you that I want to bury myself in your body ? ’ he enquired .
7 I feel frustrated rather than embarrassed , because I want to prove myself to Celtic fans .
8 Recognizing all this , and being shown too where the power lies in this social order , the politics of inversion become persuasive , perhaps irresistible ; this is Moll , about to thrash the predatory Laxton : ‘ I scorn to prostitute myself to a man , /that can prostitute a man to me ’ ( iii .
9 Erm , I seem to find myself in this committee in a minority of one .
10 It would have been a foolish , bull-necked man who would have looked a gift horse in the mouth … so I like to see myself in a small way as following in his footsteps . ’
11 I like to involve myself in everything .
12 ‘ I might make a little bit more than a social worker and I get to enjoy myself with my clients ’ .
13 It 's a funny thing but I remember gritting myself for Kirk for about two months because of his reputation for being difficult .
14 The usual stratagems and repositionings have failed to induce narcosis in me , so I decide to settle myself against the soft zigzag of her body .
15 I go to prepare myself for self-immolation . ’
16 I try to put myself in their shoes , because it can not be emphasized often enough that business is very much like war , despite the optimistic view that there is enough scope and space for everybody to be successful .
17 I try to put myself in other people 's shoes .
18 ‘ It 's definitely an experience and I try to give myself to the moment and make the most of it .
19 Now I try to surround myself with as many influences as I can and avoid all that .
20 Elizabeth : I 'm here not representing anything , but I do define myself as a revolutionary and radical feminist .
21 ‘ I saw the woman I love wrap herself round my older , smarter and wittier brother like clingfilm round a sandwich , and it looks like they 're enjoying each other the way …
22 He comes home late night , one Saturday night , having been working long hours , not having enough sleep , she nags him and Madam he loses his temper with her and Madam , I am sure that you and I in our relationships same sort of stress in a different situation where , where we 've been nagged by our partners and lost our temper and pushed them about , or whatever , and we 'd be very surprised I think to find ourselves in , in my client 's situation had that happened , because what , what happened here Madam was that erm the girlfriend suffered some minor injuries , nothing to worry about really .
23 This is a subject to which I shall return , but for the moment I prefer to confine myself to the typical picture and to show where my own circumstances coincided with it or diverged from it .
24 ‘ That 's another fine mess I 've gotten myself into .
25 I know I might go to jail , but I 've prepared myself for it .
26 I 've asked myself since a hundred times .
27 I 'd live off my wits even though I 've geared myself to be a footballer .
28 ‘ No , I 've kept myself to myself for most of my life .
29 All that time I 've kept myself in trim .
30 I 've imagined myself in situations like this , made up speeches in my head , speeches about truth and freedom and protection of sources , speeches I imagined delivering from the witness box just before the judge sentenced me to ninety days or six months or whatever for contempt of court , but I was kidding myself .
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