Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] myself [prep] " 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 'd join the crimplene brigade , dress out of the Littlewoods club and resign myself to false teeth and a perm by the time I was 30 . |
| 3 | I climbed on to the shed roof and gathered myself for the jump . |
| 4 | On another occasion , failing to observe the line of the road , I shot straight into a farmyard and buried myself in a haystack . |
| 5 | I drop my bag inside the window and hoist myself over the sill to follow it . |
| 6 | I ducked around the corner of the alleyway and flattened myself against the wall the way a flounder hugs the ocean floor . |
| 7 | This occurred just after I took a turning and found myself on a road curving around the edge of a hill . |
| 8 | The little shop had been arranged as what I have seen described as a mini-hypermarket , so I found a basket and busied myself with collecting what supplies I thought I might need for the next couple of days . |
| 9 | I filed them neatly in the waste basket and helped myself to a cigarette . |
| 10 | I crept along the riverside until I reached the culvert and hid myself among the banks of sweet cicely to read my book . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I discovered that time was money and threw myself into cleaning offices , restaurants and hospitals . |
| 13 | I walked round the walled field and found myself at the edge of a tinkers ' camp . |
| 14 | Within a few moments I had been directed to the Gasthof zur Alte Post and installed myself in a tiny room which was to cost about £12 for the night , including breakfast . |
| 15 | The worst thing that happened to me was that I was moved to another hut on the Waaf site and found myself amongst a very superior set of girls who worked in Radar . |
| 16 | I went to my room and calmed myself with some invisible mending . |
| 17 | I stick the fire on in my room and warm myself by it for a bit . |
| 18 | I think about it a couple of hundred times a day and kick myself for not staying right there . |
| 19 | I ought to be on holiday , but I was n't : this was merely a brief interlude before I had to report to that wretched banker and enmesh myself in a host of false relationships in the Ingard office , to try to discover — what ? |
| 20 | I genuflected before the winking sanctuary lamp and concealed myself in one of the side chapels . |
| 21 | ‘ I could go upstairs this minute and drape myself in gold chains and beautiful bracelets . ’ |
| 22 | I finished my drink and helped myself to another . |
| 23 | I did a neat somersault and found myself on the bottom of the river , drowning ; fishing jacket , waders and fishing bag weighed me down . |
| 24 | I got on the train and settled myself in a corner compartment with my back to the engine , feeling pissed and happy as the carriages rolled out of Victoria towards Clapham Junction and the South Coast . |
| 25 | And I stepped out of the bath and wrapped myself in one of the big white towels in which these places specialize , and , with an innocence born no doubt of the habit of the past , opened the door . |
| 26 | With David 's help I unfurled my multi-coloured paraglider , donned a helmet and strapped myself into the simple harness . |
| 27 | I picked up my fur-lined leather jacket from the back of the chair and zipped myself into it . |
| 28 | ‘ But it probably will surprise you to hear that I managed to resist the temptation to indulge my talent for marriage-wrecking and confined myself to one already divorced man and one bachelor . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Frankly I do n't see any point in staying till morning and subjecting myself to yet another evening of arguments . ’ |
| 30 | Whereas before I had more or less ignored the game and engaged myself in gossipy conversation with whoever was E ) laying opposite me , I now began to act out a parody of the ludicrous pastime in which I found myself , tackling everyone in sight , yelling for the ball to be passed to me , jumping up and down , and generally getting in everyone 's way . |