Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] myself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , I was struggling to unfasten myself , but just as I managed to pull my left arm free of the ropes , I felt a hundred arrows land on my free hand , and more arrows on my face and body . |
| 2 | I started-first thing by refusing to dress myself . |
| 3 | It was as though there was a sort of non-resolved question of wanting to commit myself to a particular idea of having non-monogamous relationships and not buying into the feelings of jealousy . |
| 4 | Well , as I explained to the Almighty , at 30,000 feet I was much nearer to him than ever before and , shouting to make myself heard above those damned engines , perhaps there was an even money chance of being heard . |
| 5 | I asked him again , shouting to make myself heard above the grumble of thunder and the sound of water . |
| 6 | I think I 'm going to treat myself to one ! |
| 7 | Stuff the world , I 'm going to enjoy myself . |
| 8 | She said , ‘ I 'm going to enjoy myself tonight , Ross . |
| 9 | I am going to enjoy myself . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm really going to enjoy myself . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm going to enjoy myself tonight . |
| 12 | Even if he still felt the same it was no good if I was going to drive myself mad by becoming obsessive . |
| 13 | I was going to wear myself out , then I really would faint and I 'd get found by some kind little old lady who 'd call an ambulance and … |
| 14 | As you know , I am now in debt to the extent of about 700 gulden and have n't the faintest idea how I am going to support myself , Mamma and your sister on my monthly salary … this is the first time I have got into debt . |
| 15 | I was scared I was going to kill myself . |
| 16 | I 'm going to kill myself . ’ |
| 17 | I sat numbly by the open window , with my legs pressed together , my arms hugging my sides and my hands gripping each other , to combat the sensation that I was going to shake myself to pieces . |
| 18 | I 'm not going to incriminate myself . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not afraid of the dark , ’ she said , ‘ But I 'm certainly not going to resign myself to spending the night in here . ’ |
| 20 | For the purposes of the present discussion I am going to confine myself to sensation and perception and ignore behaviour . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm going to tidy myself up . |
| 22 | But if I 'm going to let myself be bored to death , at least I can do it right here in the comfort of the hotel . |
| 23 | I 'm going to smoke too much , I 'm going to smoke too much , I 'm going to drink too much , I 'm not going to do enough exercise , I 'm going to put on too much weight , I 'm going to stress myself too much , and I can talk to you five days about those conditions . |
| 24 | How not inappropriate : for when the shop-bell heralded the earnest banker I really thought I was going to pee myself . |
| 25 | But I was going to keep myself under control whatever he said . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm going to cook myself some lunch . |
| 27 | You 've got no way to say , ‘ I 'm going to make a takeover bid , ’ or ‘ I 'm going to appoint myself , ’ or whatever . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not going to turn myself into a performing monkey , ’ warns Howard . |
| 29 | I think I 'm going to call myself Omar . ’ |
| 30 | I was certainly not going to allow myself to suffer all that hell again . |