Example sentences of "myself to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an exercise and to test my familiarity with the material , I drafted a summary of disputes procedures , both national and local , confining myself to a single sheet of A4 . |
| 2 | As I helped myself to a drop of Taff 's tea the guns down by the River Orne opened up again , the shells all heading in the direction of the German positions . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Last year , I treated myself to a £40 fake fur mini skirt ( British label ) with the latest leopard print . |
| 5 | To attempt to summarise the cookery of the Far East in two or three paragraphs would be impossible , so I will limit myself to a brief description of some of the more readily available Oriental foods , and an Eastern style recipe for the buffet table which is always very popular in my catering business . |
| 6 | Why should I put myself to a lot of trouble and difficulty when — perhaps — you could just give the terrorists what they ask and save all the bother ? ’ |
| 7 | It was only the thought of this poor baby in me that made me stir at all and get myself to a friend of Ferdinando 's who is in the way of knowing all the business of the street being a wine-merchant and visited by all . |
| 8 | Ellen was emphatic : — I could not take myself to a Foreign Land as you did Lily and never wanted such a thing and though you would be there that alone would in no way satisfy me and I should be afraid . |
| 9 | On page 48 , Jim Levi profiles the man who will occupy one of the hottest seats in British banking , so I will confine myself to a few points . |
| 10 | ( I should point out that I could not bring myself to a Japanese option ! ) |
| 11 | I committed myself to a series of disjointed actions which at the moment of decision all seemed reasonable but which immediately afterwards were as terrifying as they were irrevocable . |
| 12 | I treated myself to a night in the Ceilidh Place ; I had not given up the habit of including the dangly earrings and the flowery trousers in the rucksack . |
| 13 | I 'd got my toast and strawberry jam , I 'd treated myself to a doughnut as well , and I 'd got my bag and my money and my dreams back . |
| 14 | I concluded my own column of that week as follows : ‘ After sneering at Lord Mogg , I suppose I should commit myself to a conclusion of my own from the last ten days ' dramas . |
| 15 | ‘ I introduced myself to a senior police officer as an international terrorist who would like to be taken to the England dressing room . |
| 16 | It was as though there was a sort of non-resolved question of wanting to commit myself to a particular idea of having non-monogamous relationships and not buying into the feelings of jealousy . |
| 17 | In the face of thumb joints with developing arthritis , I decided to lash out and treat myself to a Silver Reed punching machine , PM10 . |
| 18 | I would still chain myself to a disused railway line in Bacup for him , but the lad can do better . ’ |
| 19 | Althusser denies the need for a more detailed account on the grounds that ‘ As the formal structure of all ideology is always the same , I shall restrict myself to a single example , one accessible to everyone , that of religious ideology , with the proviso that the same demonstration can be produced for ethical , legal , political , aesthetic ideology , etc . ’ |
| 20 | The expression " New Deal " was first used by Roosevelt in his speech accepting the Democratic Party nomination as its presidential candidate in July 1932 , when he said " I pledge you , I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people . " |
| 21 | I filed them neatly in the waste basket and helped myself to a cigarette . |
| 22 | As I helped myself to a cigarette from the depleted pack I was turning over some of what he 'd told me . |
| 23 | Then I helped myself to a cigarette . |
| 24 | In the present chapter , I will restrict myself to a simple summary of Kuhn 's views . |
| 25 | After so many years of being on my own I really do n't want to settle down and commit myself to a relationship . |
| 26 | helped myself to a load of paper threes and I seem to have done them all . |
| 27 | I sent myself to a Baroque theatre |
| 28 | I went through to the dining-room and helped myself to a pint of the neuron-friendly punch Uncle Hamish always made for the event . |
| 29 | I compared myself to a dog who has got hold of a large piece of meat , and runs away with it to a corner , where he may devour it in peace , without any fear of others taking it from him . ’ |
| 30 | Later , in my cabin , I treated myself to a long , languorous Omnipure sauna before turning at last to the task of choosing my outfit for the meeting with the Emissary . |