Example sentences of "myself [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bamboo rungs , though wide and strong , were loosely lashed with unreliable cordage , and Lorne 's and my first simultaneous step onto the lowest rung resulted in it slipping its knots and depositing us both heavily in the mud — myself for the second time in less than twenty minutes . |
| 2 | ‘ But I 'm talking too much — it 's having you all to myself for the first time . ’ |
| 3 | I defended myself for the first time : I pushed him away . |
| 4 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |
| 5 | Periodically I went back to the northern wastes again , a sort of alchemical prep school where , like Lorne , I sustained myself through the dark times with dreams of the southern islands . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's full speed ahead for the seasons , and , if I can , I work 12 or 14 hours a day then , because otherwise I ca n't see myself through the quiet times . |
| 7 | I was just to present myself at the right time on the due date , when he would honour his promise to see me . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm pleading with you and mocking myself at the same time : how can you bear to resist ? ’ |
| 9 | I reproach myself at the same time . |