Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] myself [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got myself elected onto the Students ' Council where I muddled through , never having read the agenda papers and often not knowing what on earth everyone else was talking about . |
| 2 | Said the communique De Benedetti sent out by facsimile about an hour after his meeting with the judges , which the paper said seemed to be written in his own hand : ‘ Several times , I resisted the vexations of the regime , in some occasions I resigned myself to accept them , but only when I found myself faced with the necessity of defending the survival of the company and the thousands of dependents and shareholders toward whom I felt a massive responsibility . |
| 3 | Twice he passed me his pipe to cut the ends of my suture and on one occasion I found myself trying in the dim light to thread the silk through his reaming tool . |
| 4 | On my last visit to Lewis I found myself repelled by the use of derogatory nicknames , and could n't understand why I was reacting so violently . |
| 5 | I found myself revising with the small colloquia that lay around the grassy precincts of the university . |
| 6 | I found myself living on the base with a dozen nationalities thrown together to know our God more . |
| 7 | I found myself gazing at the harmonium and my memories of the happy times I 'd spent listening to Miss Louise play came flooding back and I wept more . |
| 8 | I fled to the Students ' Union where , within a very few days , I found myself co-opted onto the Students ' Council . |
| 9 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 10 | I found myself humming to the tune of the violin an old man was playing for sous . |
| 11 | There was no way I could have refused even if I had wanted to , so a few days later I found myself shaking in the BBC 's hospitality suite , very glad to have Mary and Chris with me for moral support . |
| 12 | One horrible night I found myself crouched at the door , listening for sounds of pain which would have given me pleasure , sounds of pleasure that would have hurt . |
| 13 | ‘ So I found myself heading for the Far East in the Service Corps . ’ |
| 14 | I was inclined to laugh until I found myself shuffling along the edge of one levada , eyes fixed to avoid looking at the drop below . |
| 15 | All very contemporary , but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement . |
| 16 | I told myself going to the 18th today that if I could birdie it I could win the tournament . ’ |
| 17 | Shivering at the table and peering down at the paper under the stumpy candle I allowed myself to wander off the straight path through the dark trees . |
| 18 | I hear myself scream in the treble , and , Ahhh ! and Ahhh ! again . |
| 19 | And much though I appreciate your relentless exhumation of the world 's injustices month by month , I find myself hankering after the wacky old days . |
| 20 | I FIND MYSELF caught in the toils of having to give a personal explanation for why I ca n't write a personal explanation for the formation of my adult beliefs . |
| 21 | As we dance I find myself staring at the French girl — she has a very pretty face with long , dark hair on to her shoulders , slim build and about 5′ 2″ in height . |
| 22 | I find myself gravitating towards the travellers . |
| 23 | I find myself turning to the first chapter of the Book of Genesis for an insight into what I am hinting at here . |
| 24 | As so often in this story of my own anorexia nervosa , I find myself arriving at the same conclusion , the same central statement : it could have worked for some people , but it did n't work for me . |
| 25 | ‘ I find myself talking to the baby all the time . |
| 26 | I felt myself propelled towards the stage . |
| 27 | With horror , I felt myself falling through the air . |
| 28 | I had been walking towards a closed door , and by a sudden magic its impenetrable wood became glass , through which I saw myself coming from the other direction , the future . |
| 29 | In July of 1982 , during the Israeli siege of west Beirut , I had myself prowled through the archives to try and discover the political roots of the Lebanese Phalange , Israel 's latest ally in its war against the Palestinians . |
| 30 | And as I stoode myself alloone upon the Nuwe Yeare night , I prayed unto the frosty moone , with her pale light — what a dull time we should have if we tried to read our way through The Fall of Princes ? |