Example sentences of "[vb past] myself to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone shouted : " Lie down ! " , and as I threw myself to the ground , I felt a bullet hit me . |
| 2 | I hauled myself to the top of the wall , looking back as I prepared to jump . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In the course of the paper I addressed myself to the question : ‘ Why is it that people unhesitatingly talk of feeling hot as well as of feeling the heat of things ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ One day , if I write my memoirs — the only thing I shall write well , if ever I put myself to the task of doing it — you will find a place in them , and what a place ! |
| 6 | At 16 , I resigned myself to the fact that I 'd never really be thin ’ |
| 7 | A feeling of terror mounted in me , and I dragged myself to the telephone and rang Émile . |
| 8 | Dragged myself to the doctor who told me I had to expect such things at my age and prescribed vitamin pills . |