Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] myself [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would like to spend one year here , continue my studies and test myself against the best British players . ’ |
| 2 | Trapped in a nightmare of indecision , I reluctantly agreed and prepared myself for the worst . |
| 3 | Let me be able to wash and dress myself to the last . |
| 4 | I looked up at his face and braced myself for the inevitable blast . |
| 5 | I have to know everything and fling myself into the 3rd century . |
| 6 | Misreading the crumpled instructions I took the steps to the first floor , realised I should be on the fourth , so ran and eased myself through the closing lift doors , coming face to face with Malc . |
| 7 | It was n't my intention originally to go to the flat , it was my intention to reconnoitre the area in order that I could supply the officers who were going to do the actual operation with up to date information as to erm the methods of getting in to the block of flats because they had a coded key door erm and to acquaint myself of the actual physical erm presence of lifts , stairways and that sort of thing . |
| 8 | With David 's help I unfurled my multi-coloured paraglider , donned a helmet and strapped myself into the simple harness . |
| 9 | I felt I was going mad last night , so I wrote and wrote and wrote myself into the other world . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm pleading with you and mocking myself at the same time : how can you bear to resist ? ’ |
| 11 | I 've made lots of forties and fifties but not the big hundreds that get you noticed , ’ strangely adding , ‘ I want to improve my fielding and establish myself in the one-day game . ’ |