Example sentences of "[vb past] myself [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also built myself a second house there , and so I had two homes . |
| 2 | I began to move more freely around the island again , and built myself a third house . |
| 3 | One night I promised myself a hot water bottle , a basket of marzipan fruits and a video . |
| 4 | I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin . |
| 5 | And so it went on in what was styled — even in the ranks — as the Baldwin Air Force , and it was in this environment that I found myself a mere fragment within a daily expanding Air Force . |
| 6 | I poured myself a huge whisky . |
| 7 | I poured myself a stiff drink and tossed it down . |
| 8 | I allowed myself a brief glance at Alison 's ample contours . |
| 9 | I walked on further down the street and when I spied a suitable coffee shop , I went in , sat down and ordered myself a soothing cuppa . |
| 10 | Consequentially , when I saw him marching swiftly towards me I permitted myself a brief groan . |
| 11 | I , for a little while , fancied myself a military man , and it pleased me . ’ |
| 12 | Distracted from my course in self-improvement , I mixed myself a brutal martini and fell to pondering such juxtapositions . |
| 13 | Soon after taking up my job as cub reporter I bought myself a big radio and a gramophone and continued collecting recordings of Gilbert & Sullivan and classical music . |
| 14 | Many years ago I knitted myself a sleeveless jumper in mercerised cotton ; this stretched in the wash until it was more like a mini-dress . |
| 15 | I gave myself a brisk tub down with a towel — when I saw it in daylight it looked as though it had been run over by a lorry on a muddy building site — and changed every stitch of clothing . |
| 16 | ‘ When I came down to London , I finally got myself a decent bass , a Fender Mustang , then started changing pickups to get a raunchier , more distorted sound . |
| 17 | I do n't think he meant me harm , but somehow I hit the corner of the wardrobe and got myself a black eye and one or two other bruises … ’ |
| 18 | So , impressed by him , I got myself a bass guitar . |
| 19 | I got myself a larger size and even they seemed to be pretty neat . |
| 20 | ‘ I asked myself the same question , ’ said Dr. Ray . |
| 21 | A year or two later , I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island . |
| 22 | I made myself a nice profit out of it . |
| 23 | ‘ Had myself a nice piece of Scottish ass , though , ’ Dommer reminisced with a gap-toothed smile . |
| 24 | I made sure I did n't put on too much weight and set myself a final goal — to get down to 13 stone . ’ |