Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] myself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ran to the bedroom and heaved myself under the bed , fighting blindly with the magazines . |
| 2 | I climbed on to the shed roof and gathered myself for the jump . |
| 3 | I drop my bag inside the window and hoist myself over the sill to follow it . |
| 4 | I ducked around the corner of the alleyway and flattened myself against the wall the way a flounder hugs the ocean floor . |
| 5 | I crept along the riverside until I reached the culvert and hid myself among the banks of sweet cicely to read my book . |
| 6 | As a Ballyclare supporter I was not sure which fans to join in the final but thankfully I went to the South stand and found myself in the middle of the most friendly people I have ever met in my whole life . |
| 7 | I walked round the walled field and found myself at the edge of a tinkers ' camp . |
| 8 | The only comment I wish to make at this stage is that the court recognised that I had no intention to act in defiance of an order of the court or to hold myself above the law . |
| 9 | I did a neat somersault and found myself on the bottom of the river , drowning ; fishing jacket , waders and fishing bag weighed me down . |
| 10 | With David 's help I unfurled my multi-coloured paraglider , donned a helmet and strapped myself into the simple harness . |
| 11 | It is a struggle to paint grasses in a true watercolour technique and the purist may well react against the use of white and acrylic here , but I have found a release from the restrictions of technique through this method and comfort myself with the knowledge that white has been in common use by artists throughout the history of watercolour painting . |
| 12 | I looked up at his face and braced myself for the inevitable blast . |
| 13 | Callowly , I was disgusted by all this ; I avoided my mother and threw myself into the job of telling lies for La Clava . |