Example sentences of "myself a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One night I promised myself a hot water bottle , a basket of marzipan fruits and a video . |
| 2 | The team will be headed by me , Lorna Fewtrell ( Shipman in the previous article , just in case you 're wondering ) , myself a keen canoeist . |
| 3 | I do n't think he meant me harm , but somehow I hit the corner of the wardrobe and got myself a black eye and one or two other bruises … ’ |
| 4 | Then I had to save up and buy myself a black dress for the afternoons when the housemaid was out , you see . |
| 5 | There were a few people around , but I did n't care , I stripped down to my bra and filled the basin and gave myself a real good wash . |
| 6 | 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 . " |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | A year or two later , I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island . |
| 9 | I also built myself a second house there , and so I had two homes . |
| 10 | ‘ Even if the Mad Killer epithet will be attributed to me by the media , I consider myself a rational erudite that only the arrival of the Grim Reaper has forced to take extreme acts . |
| 11 | Clearly there can be no reason why one should not be a feminist and a religious person , in the sense in which I am myself a religious person . |
| 12 | So I thought well if I can sort of get think to myself a rough idea before I go Jonathan 's going to Geoff 's mums cos Geoff 's got ta work all day Saturday you see ? |
| 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 | Many years ago I knitted myself a sleeveless jumper in mercerised cotton ; this stretched in the wash until it was more like a mini-dress . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I 've repeated it to myself a hundred times already . |
| 17 | Christ all bloody mighty , she was thinking , I 've landed myself a good one here ! |
| 18 | To find myself a Good Career to Travel and |
| 19 | Following it for a while is like giving myself a good spring clean . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd find myself a rich protector . |
| 21 | I do n't claim to be an expert and I certainly do n't consider myself a clever clogs . |
| 22 | ‘ When I came down to London , I finally got myself a decent bass , a Fender Mustang , then started changing pickups to get a raunchier , more distorted sound . |
| 23 | I borrowed forty pounds from Malc 's Mum and bought myself a long black frock with diamanté trim and began to learn my trade . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ If the Tories get in , I 'll go out and buy myself a new frock , ’ said perhaps the most influential man in British fashion . |
| 26 | Perhaps , as my niece would say , I should buy myself a new dictionary . |
| 27 | You know I always borrow everyone 's pen , I went and bought myself a new one just like Josie 's one . |
| 28 | I 'll get myself a new one . |
| 29 | But er , when I got ti all tidied up and sorted out I 'll get myself a new one , but er |
| 30 | I am not dying , no , I have suffered a terrible nightmare , but I am here , in my room , and the night must be far gone , it must be almost morning , I shall go downstairs and make myself a first pot of tea . |