Example sentences of "myself on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I want to put myself on the map and this Test is a good chance to start doing it . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And from the glory of this , to being almost arrested in the company of Jeffrey Bernard and myself on the Sydney Harbour Bridge , I suppose must seem an extraordinary downward leap for the Cup . |
| 8 | I did a neat somersault and found myself on the bottom of the river , drowning ; fishing jacket , waders and fishing bag weighed me down . |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe I was n't disgracing myself on the park , but I was cheating the Sheffield fans and manager Jimmy Sirrell . |
| 10 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 11 | Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her . |
| 12 | Brained myself on the boot lid again . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I always position myself on the side in which the rabbits hit the net . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | This time I patted myself on the back all the way to the hotel . |
| 21 | Feeling as if I was still asleep and having a very curious dream , I settled myself on the other side of the hearth from the stranger and took a sip of cocoa . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I 'll try to lose myself on the way into the factory . ’ |
| 24 | I pride myself on the efforts I have made to retain my individual values while working for my company . |
| 25 | I left my sack for a third time clipped to Sal and relished the cool caress of wind around my back as I finally found out how to enjoy myself on the steep granite of the ridge . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Settling myself on the wooden bench I peered through the open slit . |
| 28 | Finally I decided to decline politely and throw myself on the mercy of an acquaintance instead . ’ |
| 29 | I said miserably , throwing myself on the cab-driver 's mercy : |
| 30 | Looking back I realise that , if there ever was a moment when I might have quit , admitted defeat and abandoned the Cathedral to throw myself on the mercy of school , home or child guidance clinic , this was that moment . |