Example sentences of "i [verb] myself [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I got myself elected onto the Students ' Council where I muddled through , never having read the agenda papers and often not knowing what on earth everyone else was talking about . |
2 | At table number six I found myself placed between Mackie and Erica Upton , who were already seated . |
3 | A couple of years ago , I found myself consumed with this very thought . |
4 | Said the communique De Benedetti sent out by facsimile about an hour after his meeting with the judges , which the paper said seemed to be written in his own hand : ‘ Several times , I resisted the vexations of the regime , in some occasions I resigned myself to accept them , but only when I found myself faced with the necessity of defending the survival of the company and the thousands of dependents and shareholders toward whom I felt a massive responsibility . |
5 | I left before I found myself dispatched to Teviotdale , ’ said Bishop Jon . |
6 | As they passed the alimentari ( shut , as it might be forever ) and then plunged off the road into the shadows of the bramble-lined single track , Haverford quoted , as he had been waiting to do ever since they left Heathrow : ‘ ‘ In the middle of the journey of our life , I found myself lost in a dark wood , ’ ’ he began to translate for the benefit of the children , but they were all , including the baby , asleep now and Molly thought that for her father to pretend to be in the middle of his life was a bit of a cheek anyway . |
7 | A dense fog descended on the field and I found myself isolated at left-half marking the right winger — yes , it was some years ago ! |
8 | I fled to the Students ' Union where , within a very few days , I found myself co-opted onto the Students ' Council . |
9 | In August that year I found myself elected as co-optee for Women with Disabilities , loudly proclaiming my lesbianism in my hustings speech . |
10 | One horrible night I found myself crouched at the door , listening for sounds of pain which would have given me pleasure , sounds of pleasure that would have hurt . |
11 | I found myself frustrated by unanswered questions at every turn : why are the shields of Prince William and Harry blank in the College of Arms 's pedigree book — and why does Mark Phillips 's coat of arms have a horse jumping over a small white-flowered plant ? |
12 | I found myself superseded by much younger men , and so resigned and was duly pensioned off . |
13 | For the first time in my life I found myself surrounded by friends — friends whom I found interesting , and friends who appeared to find me interesting , bright and witty , despite my all-too-evident disadvantages . |
14 | As I get older I find myself tormented by anxieties of this nature , the anxieties about things one will never do . |
15 | In awareness of everything relevant to the issue ( = everything which would spontaneously move me one way or the other ) , I find myself moved towards X , overlooking something relevant I find myself moved towards Y. In which direction shall I let myself be moved ? |
16 | In awareness of everything relevant to the issue ( = everything which would spontaneously move me one way or the other ) , I find myself moved towards X , overlooking something relevant I find myself moved towards Y. In which direction shall I let myself be moved ? |
17 | In awareness from all spatial , temporal and personal viewpoints which are relevant to the issue ( = viewpoints from which I do find myself spontaneously moved in one direction or the other ) I find myself moved towards X , overlooking a relevant viewpoint I find myself moved towards Y. Be aware . |
18 | In awareness from all spatial , temporal and personal viewpoints which are relevant to the issue ( = viewpoints from which I do find myself spontaneously moved in one direction or the other ) I find myself moved towards X , overlooking a relevant viewpoint I find myself moved towards Y. Be aware . |
19 | In awareness of everything relevant I find myself moved towards X , overlooking something relevant I find myself moved towards Y. Be aware . |
20 | In awareness of everything relevant I find myself moved towards X , overlooking something relevant I find myself moved towards Y. Be aware . |
21 | I FIND MYSELF caught in the toils of having to give a personal explanation for why I ca n't write a personal explanation for the formation of my adult beliefs . |
22 | A few discreet phone calls and suddenly I find myself shunted into a siding while the investigation into Ruggiero 's murder passes me by . ’ |
23 | But I find myself left with what may be called the first main proposition of this book : |
24 | I mean , I love people , but I find myself driven towards hate rather than love . |
25 | ‘ I find myself attracted to American ladies in a way I do n't to English ladies . |
26 | The Monty Python star recently said : ‘ I find myself attracted to American ladies in a way I do n't to English ladies — odd , is n't it ? ’ |
27 | I felt myself propelled towards the stage . |
28 | In those few seconds I saw myself returned to Leeds like a misrouted parcel … |
29 | In July of 1982 , during the Israeli siege of west Beirut , I had myself prowled through the archives to try and discover the political roots of the Lebanese Phalange , Israel 's latest ally in its war against the Palestinians . |
30 | What sort of jobs do I find myself attracted to ? |