Example sentences of "and [vb base] myself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would like to spend one year here , continue my studies and test myself against the best British players . ’ |
| 2 | I went up the stone steps into the street , and let myself into the house . |
| 3 | Aware that Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em had a massive audience , ranging from children to grandparents , Crawford said , ‘ I then go and put myself before the public ’ as Billy Liar , whose first words as he comes on stage are along the lines of ‘ Christ Almighty , bloody , blimey ! ’ in a song . |
| 4 | I drop my bag inside the window and hoist myself over the sill to follow it . |
| 5 | I have to know everything and fling myself into the 3rd century . |
| 6 | It is a struggle to paint grasses in a true watercolour technique and the purist may well react against the use of white and acrylic here , but I have found a release from the restrictions of technique through this method and comfort myself with the knowledge that white has been in common use by artists throughout the history of watercolour painting . |
| 7 | I 've made lots of forties and fifties but not the big hundreds that get you noticed , ’ strangely adding , ‘ I want to improve my fielding and establish myself in the one-day game . ’ |