Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] myself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I could not stop myself from more murder . |
| 2 | It did n't matter how innovative the products I set out to market actually were , I could not prevent myself from seeing them already in some illimitable bazaar of the far future , long obsolete and hopelessly dated , so much cosmological car-boot-sale fodder . |
| 3 | ( I should point out that I could not bring myself to a Japanese option ! ) |
| 4 | I was now certain that I could not see myself in any type of residential home in the future . |
| 5 | Ellen was emphatic : — I could not take myself to a Foreign Land as you did Lily and never wanted such a thing and though you would be there that alone would in no way satisfy me and I should be afraid . |
| 6 | I could not restrain myself from hastening to view one of those Druid circles , of which there are so many in the Isle of Lewis ; that given in the small vignette is the first one I reached . |
| 7 | If I had ever loved you , if I loved you still , I could not hate myself for my weakness as much as I do now . ’ |
| 8 | I knew lots of people had died , but could n't bring myself to … ’ |
| 9 | Could n't bring myself to . ’ |
| 10 | It was n't only that I could n't lift myself off the ground but that I was stuck to it in some way . |
| 11 | I used to think that I ought to do everything and then at least I could n't blame myself for not having done enough . |
| 12 | It was too late , I could n't prevent myself from eidetiking Mr Broadhurst 's unusual caduceus , the one he had made out of an old TV aerial garnished with flex , and I could n't prevent myself from reading on : |
| 13 | It was too late , I could n't prevent myself from eidetiking Mr Broadhurst 's unusual caduceus , the one he had made out of an old TV aerial garnished with flex , and I could n't prevent myself from reading on : |
| 14 | We got on very well together and when after only two months with the company my immediate boss — the marketing manager , a sallow individual with a Solihull whine — suffered a perforated ulcer ( I could n't prevent myself from eidetiking this , the wall of his duodenum like a rusty car door , sharp flakes of oxidised tissue spearing into him ) , I got his job . |
| 15 | ‘ I just could n't stop myself from getting involved in the brawl . |
| 16 | But he kept on talking , and I could n't stop myself from hearing . |
| 17 | This was obviously not a state of affairs which could continue indefinitely and , although I knew as much at the time , I could n't will myself into sleep . |
| 18 | I 'd closed my eyes while she was cutting so I could n't see myself in the mirror . |
| 19 | When I thought about it clearly I could n't see myself in that role . ’ |
| 20 | Once the idea took hold of me I could n't rid myself of it . ’ |
| 21 | My other half switched on teletext after about 15 mins and I could nt stop myself from looking … still 2–0 . |