Example sentences of "be [verb] myself [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | But it 's all so ironic — if my little tinkering with her inhaler had n't led to her death nobody would have known that Doreen guessed — that I 'd been helping myself to the firm 's cash now and then — only piffling amounts over the years I 'd been with them , a few thousand here and there , just enough for some designer clothes and jewellery . |
2 | However , at this moment I am addressing myself to the question of motive . |
3 | So I shall be enjoying myself at the wedding |
4 | My aim would be to fit myself into the game unobtrusively … |
5 | I 'm preparing myself for the next life . |
6 | Wilkinson said : ‘ I wo n't be throwing myself in the canal over the collapsed deal . |
7 | ‘ If I was to insult the contestants I would be shooting myself in the foot . |
8 | ‘ What I 'm not prepared to do is commit myself to the club beyond that , until such time as a final plan , which I understand from the chairman was agreed in principle by all directors on Saturday night , has been formally ratified by all board members . |
9 | All I have to do is position myself against the banner . |
10 | He had no idea that I was prostituting myself in the cause of Jean-Claude 's success . |
11 | The vociferation grew louder and louder all the time while I was serving myself at the counter . |
12 | At least that 's what I was telling myself at the start line of the Bury 20 . |