Example sentences of "i [vb base] [pn reflx] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even if the Mad Killer epithet will be attributed to me by the media , I consider myself a rational erudite that only the arrival of the Grim Reaper has forced to take extreme acts . |
| 2 | Choir night , so I get myself an early supper . |
| 3 | Nine years have passed since my divorce and I tell myself the half-forgotten betrayals and deceits are old news . |
| 4 | I find myself the only thing is to change the subject . |
| 5 | Late that night I ask myself the age-old question . |
| 6 | It is the most beautiful thing you will ever wear — until I surpass myself the next time ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It is beautiful , ’ she said coyly , ‘ it is the most beautiful dress I will ever wear , until I surpass myself the next time . ’ |
| 8 | She was a hard worker , and I call myself a hard worker and I know that some days I push myself too hard and my mother 's done that all her life . |
| 9 | Nevertheless one can hardly hope to discuss knowledge in a language any less metaphorical than Descartes ' ( I have myself a few paragraphs back analogized not only to seeing but to ‘ glimpsing ’ and being ‘ illuminated ’ by a ‘ flash ’ , not only to clarity but to drawing a ‘ clear line ’ ) . |