Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bit of money in the Post Office , nice little flat and nothing to reproach yourselves with . ’ |
| 2 | of the electorate — it is impossible for my colleagues and me to involve ourselves in all the work of the House . |
| 3 | I did n't know and I hid from them in the semantics lab when they came to shrink me , and I sold myself to someone who did n't know how to do it . |
| 4 | The first version there , is one that I did before I even looked at your , at at any of the homeworks , and I got myself into some awkwardness of trying to translate virtues , and ended up with beneficial properties , erm , which is hardly perhaps very idiomatic and the one underneath that is Jemma 's and the absent writer not that she could be embarrassed because she 's not here , erm , and she 's actually simplified more than I have , by half a line , you 'll understand . |
| 5 | A feeling of terror mounted in me , and I dragged myself to the telephone and rang Émile . |
| 6 | Frankie read his tattered old comic and I busied myself with the crocks . |
| 7 | I despise you , and I despise myself for needing you , but I do need . ’ |
| 8 | But the PE teacher was strong-willed and I associated myself with him more than anybody else . |
| 9 | I did n't do a lot of walkin' , except round the shops , and I treated meself to another 'ansom cab to bring me back . |
| 10 | My boss returned along the passage at a furious gallop and I steeled myself for some unpleasantness as the young man was rousted from his bed . |
| 11 | Cantona , who flew to Paris for the top-rated chat show Sacree Soiree after his United debut in Lisbon on Tuesday , added : ‘ I am fit and I enjoyed myself in the opener against Benfica . |
| 12 | Blind and foolish I confess myself , but I never willed evil against this house , and I abase myself in acknowledgement of the wrong done , and ask forgiveness . |
| 13 | Okay , tell me , " I said , and I stiffened myself for the worst . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's patronising , and it 's my own fault that you can all patronise me , and I hate myself for it . ’ |
| 15 | Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor . |
| 16 | And I find myself on the pavement … crowds yelling … men surging towards the entrance , trying to get in , police with truncheons swinging — then my most terrifying experience . |
| 17 | Then , as my breath has now returned to me and I find myself in the company of my bestest friend , it is my considered opinion that we proceed together upon the epic journey and face as one whatever adventures lie before . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ When I am in the car I am competing professionally and I commit myself to the job . |
| 19 | Of course Scamp gets to claim about twenty grand on some dubious insurance policy and I resign myself to the fact that I 'll never get beyond Inspector . |
| 20 | I 'm a single parent , and I blame myself for the way he is — but I feel it 's too late to get through to him now as talking or reasoning does n't work . |
| 21 | Again I accept the constant parental care has been of the highest calibre and I remind myself of the many tributes to the quality of that care in the evidence before me . |
| 22 | I played a real opera singer from the nineteenth century , Nadena Burokhof and I based myself on her . |
| 23 | My friend and I settled ourselves onto the snow and uncorked a well-chilled bottle of wine in the hope of getting merry . |
| 24 | Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed . |
| 25 | You leapt for the cleaner banks and I allowed myself to be carried on by the filth of deceit , of shame , and of a guilt that even now I can not put into public or private words . |
| 26 | This degree is an exciting new venture , and I see myself as the first of many lay people who will benefit from the training here ’ . |
| 27 | Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her . |
| 28 | Then the talk turned to the West and I found myself at the centre of questions . |
| 29 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose I took the wrong path , ’ he said , ‘ and I found myself at the edge of a cliff . ’ |