Example sentences of "and [v-ing] myself " in BNC.
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| 1 | It feels good , but I always knew I would get them behind me — it was just a matter of going out there and proving myself . ’ |
| 2 | It was the emergence of the Chinese Lesbian Group which allowed me to start this process of healing and accepting myself . |
| 3 | He had me smashing my helmet against the car 's supporting struts on every corner and bracing myself with both legs against the bulkhead at every braking point . |
| 4 | But as long as I go on improving and enjoying myself I 'll play . |
| 5 | But as long as I go on improving and enjoying myself I 'll play . |
| 6 | When he was offered the Rangers job , he told his estranged wife that there was no way he would become a sterotypical manager ‘ working all hours and driving myself crazy ’ . |
| 7 | I caught it with the catapult , the thick black tubing of the rubber twisting once in the air as I scissored my hands and fell back , letting the buck go over my head and then kicking with my legs and turning myself so that I was level with it where it lay , kicking and struggling with the power of a wolverine , spreadeagled on the sand slope with its neck caught in the black rubber . |
| 8 | I had brave ideas of taking forever off and immersing myself in motherhood but , after 10 months , I could n't wait to get back , ’ she says . |
| 9 | I get far enough up to see the house and identify it by its position and the garden furniture , then I climb back down , go to the wall and jump up , catching hold of the concrete ridge tiles on top of the wall and pulling myself up . |
| 10 | Then Fif 's mandroids pushed their way through , and in the melee I managed to scuttle on hands and knees among all the legs before getting up and getting myself and my aching face away from there . |
| 11 | Yes I 'm going to the street and getting an early lunch and getting myself organized for going out . |
| 12 | Sometimes , I 'd have to take a turn if someone failed to arrive , enthroning myself at the green baize table and stuffing myself with shrimp rolls and pickles , me , the killer who 'd lived on bugs . |
| 13 | ‘ Frankly I do n't see any point in staying till morning and subjecting myself to yet another evening of arguments . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I was always drifting off and losing myself in my head , which I suppose is no different to anyone else except I carried it further , wrote it all down . ’ |
| 15 | A day out shopping and treating myself to some new things |
| 16 | And life , and asking myself if it was all worthwhile . ’ |
| 17 | Then ‘ Be aware ’ prescribes awareness from the future viewpoint , and letting myself be moved to avert the danger . |
| 18 | What is the solution to these problems of unity and sustaining interest ? I think it can best be found by looking at the visual arts , and having myself once been an architect I would like to use an architectural illustration . |
| 19 | I start screaming and chucking myself against the window , but it wo n't break . |
| 20 | The choice was mine , and knowing myself well enough — I think — there was n't any other way . ’ |
| 21 | If I may speak as one who has heard all the centenary lectures and restraining myself from being invidious , I will merely say : George , it was an admirable centenary lecture , and the huge spinning top of words , despite its complexity , kept the patterns clear and sharp and arguable . |
| 22 | He said that I was killing myself , getting injured and mashing myself up for nothing . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm pleading with you and mocking myself at the same time : how can you bear to resist ? ’ |
| 24 | I screamed and pulled with all my might , shaking my hands and my head and throwing myself backwards and over as I did so , banging one knee off the gun where it lay , fallen in the sand . |
| 25 | Though I disagree with much of the book ( for I enjoy actualising and asserting myself ) I recommend it as one of those rare books that puts a fresh perspective on a wide body of data . |
| 26 | I had enough breath left to shout that they should be ashamed of themselves , spitting out the dirt from my mouth , and working myself up into a state of high , excited indignation . |
| 27 | The only things I think about are calorie-counting and weighing myself , and making sure that I do n't put on the weight I 've lost , and passing my O levels . |