Example sentences of "i [vb base] myself [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Pinning the laminate onto my dress , I launch myself into the throng . |
2 | I reproach myself at the same time . |
3 | I associate myself with the expressions of sympathy . |
4 | I associate myself with the remarks made by hon. Members in all parts of the House about the hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) , who has been through an ordeal that none of us would wish to share . |
5 | I shift myself from the mirror to the window , to see what she does . |
6 | I let myself into the cellar , locked the door behind me . |
7 | I clutch myself above the steering-wheel . |
8 | I devote myself to the modest task of first abstracting from the actual economic policy of the State , which is the resultant of the struggle between two systems of economy , and the corresponding classes , so as to investigate in its pure form the movement towards the optimum of primitive socialist accumulation , to discover the operation of the conflicting tendencies , as far as possible in their pure state , and then try to understand why the resultant in real life proceeds along one particular line and not another . |
9 | I jab myself with the pencil But perhaps that 's a dream , too . |
10 | I brace myself for the sight of the posters , unrolled and exposed , and the dole cards . |
11 | I lower myself into the chair , keeping as far away as possible . |
12 | ‘ When I am in the car I am competing professionally and I commit myself to the job . |
13 | Therefore , I commit myself in the negotiations to support the special financial help for farming in the less-favoured areas . |
14 | Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor . |
15 | As in the case of last year 's most successful film , Robin Hood , Prince of Thieves , I find myself on the side of the audiences . |
16 | And I find myself on the pavement … crowds yelling … men surging towards the entrance , trying to get in , police with truncheons swinging — then my most terrifying experience . |
17 | I find myself in the position of the dart player who one day discovers he is unable to let go of the dart ! |
18 | Then , as my breath has now returned to me and I find myself in the company of my bestest friend , it is my considered opinion that we proceed together upon the epic journey and face as one whatever adventures lie before . ’ |
19 | There have been a few moments during the making of Aspel and Company which have aged me considerably — but then I comfort myself with the thought that life would be very dull without any crises to get the heart racing . |
20 | I comfort myself with the belief that my friend was right and those epic days on the crags will endure long after the memories of trouble-free ascents , which merely add another tick to the guidebook , have dimmed . |
21 | I console myself with the thought that whatever happens to the ankles of others ( and there is no doubt that prettily turned item is a tremendous turn-on ) , mine are contemplated without the libido 's charging in with its usual tedious cries of ‘ Me , me , me ’ . |
22 | Reeling somewhat from the gin concoction , and making for the captain 's office , I console myself with the thought that if I need anything from an appendectomy to open heart surgery , there is no shortage of equipment or expertise to hand . |
23 | I am still very critical of my own shape but I console myself with the fact that while it is far from perfect , it is better than it used to be . |
24 | I weigh myself in the bathroom at a friend 's house , and I feel jubilant , euphoric , light-as-a-feather , almost floating . |
25 | I choose myself in the kitchen with the spanner |
26 | I 'm staying there I accuse myself in the kitchen with the revolver or whatever it is , the revolver |
27 | Again I accept the constant parental care has been of the highest calibre and I remind myself of the many tributes to the quality of that care in the evidence before me . |
28 | Of course Scamp gets to claim about twenty grand on some dubious insurance policy and I resign myself to the fact that I 'll never get beyond Inspector . |
29 | I distance myself from the position and policies of the president . |
30 | I distance myself from the position and the policy of the President and advocate his immediate resignation [ and ] the handing over of power to a collective body , the Federation Council . " |