Example sentences of "[vb infin] myself [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where was such-and-such street , I asked , or the beautiful shop where my mother regularly bought her hats and gloves , or the church with the gilded domes , or the cake shop which had such a show of delicate confections at Christmas time , or the butcher 's where I could hardly bring myself to look at the great sides of dead meat hanging on hooks , or the musty bookshop , smelling of dust and leather , kept by the bent old man whose white hair seemed to be falling off the back of his head , leaving his bald crown all shiny and hopeful and new ? |
| 2 | Since I hated the police , it was natural that I should feel myself aligned with the prostitutes . |
| 3 | It 's just that I can see myself listening to the Brahms Quartets rather more often . |
| 4 | Remembering the visit to the cotton mill , on the other hand , I can see myself watching from the polished floor ; I am in the picture . |
| 5 | I could n't stop myself thinking of the nights she had spent with Harry and wanting to know how much she had enjoyed them . |
| 6 | One thing was clear in the confusion-that I could not even let myself think about the matter unless my physical health was up to it . |
| 7 | People on our needs register are not swimming in cash , they 're not people who think I shall have a cushy number here , I 'll go and get myself housed by the local authority . |
| 8 | And I mean one had to be grateful because she was much more concerned about whether I 'd hurt myself falling off the ladder than her wardrobe . |
| 9 | The school had an excellent library , especially in the English section , and I would find myself immersed in the literary essays of T. S. Eliot , I. A. Richards , W. K. Wimsatt , Bradley or Dover Wilson , Maud Bodkin on archetypal patterns or Caroline Spurgeon on Shakespeare 's imagery . |
| 10 | If I do , I may find myself kebabed between the two . |