Example sentences of "[v-ing] myself [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh God , ’ I replied , launching myself at the Moroccan fabric , ‘ he has n't blown the gaff on my war wound , has he ? |
| 2 | " This is Miss Graham , " I said , surprising myself by the furtive urgency in my own voice . |
| 3 | WILLIAMS : Sir , the French Telemachus , for I am about perfecting myself in the French tongue . |
| 4 | Sometimes , I 'd have to take a turn if someone failed to arrive , enthroning myself at the green baize table and stuffing myself with shrimp rolls and pickles , me , the killer who 'd lived on bugs . |
| 5 | I lay rigid , willing myself into the exhausted stupor that I knew was there waiting to engulf me again . |
| 6 | I 'm preparing myself for the next life . |
| 7 | I became seasoned , gained experience , all the while preparing myself for the lucky chance that would surely come . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm pleading with you and mocking myself at the same time : how can you bear to resist ? ’ |
| 9 | Settling myself on the wooden bench I peered through the open slit . |