Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] myself [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And since he obviously had n't recognised me , I did n't want to connect myself with the house , until I 'd found out what his game was . ’ |
| 2 | This is why , at the moment , I 'm being a bit cautious about remaining in my cavity I do n't want to find myself in the situation that I 'm held to sell . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to put myself on the map and this Test is a good chance to start doing it . ’ |
| 5 | I just tried to defend myself from the blows . ’ |
| 6 | I tried working myself into the ground , but I could be totally exhausted and still remember . |
| 7 | ‘ I was actually satisfied with that , if only because I 'd resigned myself to the fact that I 'd never be thin , ’ she admits . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't do it grudgingly , I 'd resigned myself to the fact that football was his burning passion . |
| 9 | I gathered my courage , and turned , prepared to look myself in the face . |
| 10 | I 'd found myself in the company of two groups of schoolchildren between the ages of seven and thirteen who 'd come to take part in this year 's Young National Trust Theatre production , Two Nations , an exploration of the divisions existing in Victorian society . |
| 11 | And I always seem to poke myself in the eye with mascara . ’ |
| 12 | I happened to find myself with the Commander on the gallery one afternoon : the other usual suspects were missing . |
| 13 | ‘ Yeah ; soon as it 's finished , I 'm going to throw myself off the Channel Tunnel . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm perfectly happy to plead a two-year-old 's birthday and then wiggle , flatter and schmooze to get myself off the hook . |
| 15 | I 'll try to lose myself on the way into the factory . ’ |
| 16 | It is a consideration which I should have applied myself to the assessment of general damages to favour this plaintiff . |
| 17 | If I had chosen the North Stand I would have found myself in the middle of those awful drunken , swearing and spitting Ards fans . |
| 18 | I would gladly have availed myself of the opportunity of taking a passage in her myself did I not find by so doing that the party would be entirely broken up and in all probability the trip to the westward abandoned altogether . |
| 19 | ‘ If you had warned me then of the horrors in store , I should have thrown myself under the stage rather than have travelled inside it . ’ |
| 20 | Having reconciled myself to the situation , I felt I had to make a gift to Leslie of my acceptance . |
| 21 | I shall not have to concern myself with the interview of [ W ] but I shall concern myself with the interviews of [ the co-accused ] . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ If I 'd know what you were , I 'd have killed myself in the Lubianka . ’ |
| 23 | And it 's not fair to say it 's because of the beard because the beard 's not my fault , they just did n't shave in the jungle in whatever century it 's going to be when we get there and I know I grew it early but that 's the way I am , I like to start thinking myself into the part as soon as possible . |
| 24 | I would , however , wish to associate myself with the observations of my noble and learned friend , Lord Browne-Wilkinson , as to the unsatisfactory nature of this conclusion . |
| 25 | I would have flogged myself to the death up to the end . |
| 26 | I decided to commit myself to the revolution and in January 1981 , went to the Frente Paracentral , which at that time covered parts of the Departments of Cabanas . |
| 27 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 28 | Leaning in over the sleeping child I must have wanted to see myself as the angel , hovering in protection of an infant who was so obviously in peril . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's definitely an experience and I try to give myself to the moment and make the most of it . |
| 30 | I begged a tankard of ale from a surly cook and went to warm myself before the hall fire until my master roused me . |