Example sentences of "[verb] myself [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A fuller description of this can be found in the paperback edition of A Presumption of Innocence , so here I will confine myself to the main points . |
2 | Periodically I went back to the northern wastes again , a sort of alchemical prep school where , like Lorne , I sustained myself through the dark times with dreams of the southern islands . |
3 | I called for the last time at the first house in the village and pressed the buzzer , but on getting no reply resigned myself to the long walk down the mountain . |
4 | I did n't go into the parents ' room but went on beyond it to find myself in the rear part of the carriage , at the very end of the train . |
5 | Eliot had arranged with me beforehand that we should have a private meeting , and meanwhile I sank myself into the communal life of the place . |
6 | Anyway , I did some radio interviews and I was quite taken aback when I found myself over the front page of the Evening Standard . |
7 | With jackdaws and Mambas both out of the frame , I found myself considering the bizarre idea that the storm had something to do with the disappearance of my dead sister 's remains . |
8 | In a short while , limping and protesting , I found myself at the local prison , pushed into a filthy stinking room with some two dozen other malefactors . |
9 | Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could . |
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 | ‘ And I just found myself in the right place at the right time ! ’ |
12 | I found myself in the curious position of being the sponsor minister of the industry and also the minister ultimately answerable for health service spending . |
13 | I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new . |
14 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge . |
15 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge |
16 | The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me . |
17 | When I made my way down its spiral staircase I found myself in the main thoroughfare of the town where I was born . |
18 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
19 | By chance , I found myself in the royal apartments , a long , polished gallery where the freshly waxed wood winked in the sunlight and the walls shimmered with the exquisite tapestries hung there . |
20 | i found myself in the same place where I 'd been wounded in Easter , 1917 . |
21 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
22 | ‘ Oh God , ’ I replied , launching myself at the Moroccan fabric , ‘ he has n't blown the gaff on my war wound , has he ? |
23 | I have permitted myself throughout the useful abbreviation ‘ iff ’ for ‘ if and only if ’ . |
24 | It hurts me now to realize how much I numbed myself from the searing pains of those years . |
25 | " This is Miss Graham , " I said , surprising myself by the furtive urgency in my own voice . |
26 | May I associate myself with the Prime Minister 's remarks about Queen Elizabeth II ? |
27 | As I disentangled myself from the green wool , I had been linked not only to these women beside me , but to those in Canaan and all the other women through the centuries who have wept over the death of the gods of life , of love , and of hope , whom they tried to revive with their tears . |
28 | ‘ It 's full speed ahead for the seasons , and , if I can , I work 12 or 14 hours a day then , because otherwise I ca n't see myself through the quiet times . |
29 | WILLIAMS : Sir , the French Telemachus , for I am about perfecting myself in the French tongue . |
30 | In arguing this I shall limit myself to the internal characteristics of the National Curriculum . |