Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] myself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since downloading the file I 've had severe difficulty tearing myself away from this game , such is the enjoyment and frustration I 've had from it . |
| 2 | Consequently , I was not surprised in our seminar discussions to find myself directing more questions and raising more problems when we were talking about structure and discourse than when the focus was on lexis . |
| 3 | It was a gratifying experience to find myself liked and accepted by my peers to an extent that I had never expected . |
| 4 | This gave me six free months to enjoy myself first . |
| 5 | I am currently in therapy to enable myself to hear the song Schiehallion , Schiehallion without the scent of tomato soup filling my nostrils and the overwhelming urge to murder . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ I listened too much to Dad and as a result let myself down . ’ |
| 7 | I called for the last time at the first house in the village and pressed the buzzer , but on getting no reply resigned myself to the long walk down the mountain . |
| 8 | And there was a chap there — he was a sort of chapel preacher — and he says : ‘ Oh , ’ he say , ‘ I 've had enough on it ! ’ , he say , ‘ I 've a good mind to shoot myself , ’ he say , ‘ with this lot . |
| 9 | And it 's only just just lately since I split with the wife er I took a couple of months to sort myself out . |
| 10 | Inevitably I shot many animals to feed myself and my retainers , but the memorable occasions were when I hunted dangerous game or tried to secure a really fine head of a rare or elusive animal , like this mountain nyala . |
| 11 | Where can readers like myself who live in remote parts of the country obtain mail order supplies of authentic Chinese ingredients ? |
| 12 | Soon she took my visits for granted and I was given the spare key to let myself in the door . |
| 13 | The impossibility of becoming aware of another 's inwardness without a readiness to let myself feel as he does is plain when someone tries to communicate what is inside his head . |
| 14 | Five years with him , my love , my dove , my one and truly — I 'd had the nerve to consider myself cured , paroled , out on good behaviour . |
| 15 | But Earl Siward 's acts are not those of a friend , and I must take steps to protect myself . |
| 16 | I smiled , mopped my face , and sat on a rock to toast myself with two pints of chlorinated water . |
| 17 | That 's … not an attempt to excuse myself , but the truth . ’ |
| 18 | She must have felt guilty about not inviting me as she gave me £1 to get myself home . |
| 19 | I feel like taking a pinger to parties to stop myself talking to anyone 's husband longer than two minutes . |
| 20 | O my Emilia , I 've surviv 'd myself , |
| 21 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 22 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 23 | Benjamin knelt down , bringing the torch closer , and I had to put my hand to my mouth to prevent myself retching . |
| 24 | ‘ I like rock steady myself . |
| 25 | I was n't sleepy , so I decided to drive round London a bit to tire myself . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ And me stuck here without two pennies to scratch myself with . ’ |
| 27 | I was not allowed to play when Mum and Dad were in because they could n't stand the din , so I had to wait until they were down the pub to enjoy myself . |
| 28 | I can with a few deft strokes build myself a crenellated castle with coloured windows , or a maze of evergreen , or a field of rippling corn , or a fat blackbird with bright eyes picking at a cluster of red berries . |
| 29 | I mean I know through the summer holidays that I 've really got to get to work with him on his maths , likewise I know I 've got a lot of work to do myself for |
| 30 | I take a cocktail and some assorted nuts in the bar to re-civilise myself . |