Example sentences of "i [vb past] myself [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I concerned myself with the wrong person , she thought . |
| 2 | Eliot had arranged with me beforehand that we should have a private meeting , and meanwhile I sank myself into the communal life of the place . |
| 3 | With jackdaws and Mambas both out of the frame , I found myself considering the bizarre idea that the storm had something to do with the disappearance of my dead sister 's remains . |
| 4 | Anyway , I did some radio interviews and I was quite taken aback when I found myself over the front page of the Evening Standard . |
| 5 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 6 | In a short while , limping and protesting , I found myself at the local prison , pushed into a filthy stinking room with some two dozen other malefactors . |
| 7 | I found myself in the curious position of being the sponsor minister of the industry and also the minister ultimately answerable for health service spending . |
| 8 | I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new . |
| 9 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge . |
| 10 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge |
| 11 | The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me . |
| 12 | ( Once , taking the night train from London to Paris , I found myself in the locked sleeping compartment of a locked coach in a locked hold beneath the waterline on a cross-channel ferry ; I did n't think of Jonah at the time , but perhaps my panic was related to his . |
| 13 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 14 | By chance , I found myself in the royal apartments , a long , polished gallery where the freshly waxed wood winked in the sunlight and the walls shimmered with the exquisite tapestries hung there . |
| 15 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 16 | Without knowing how , I found myself in the smart medieval quarter again . |
| 17 | When I made my way down its spiral staircase I found myself in the main thoroughfare of the town where I was born . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | As I disentangled myself from the green wool , I had been linked not only to these women beside me , but to those in Canaan and all the other women through the centuries who have wept over the death of the gods of life , of love , and of hope , whom they tried to revive with their tears . |
| 20 | It hurts me now to realize how much I numbed myself from the searing pains of those years . |
| 21 | I defended myself for the first time : I pushed him away . |
| 22 | The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally . |
| 23 | Okay , tell me , " I said , and I stiffened myself for the worst . |
| 24 | Feeling as if I was still asleep and having a very curious dream , I settled myself on the other side of the hearth from the stranger and took a sip of cocoa . |
| 25 | I accustomed myself to the mephitic stench . |
| 26 | After a quick wash and shave , dressed in a freshly pressed kilt and battledress blouse , polished boots and all , I presented myself with the other Commandos at the orderly room to get my hands on that very important rail pass . |
| 27 | I knew nobody and had no idea of what to expect when I presented myself to the new teacher in my new black overall and white collar . |
| 28 | After a few enquiries at Brigade H.Q I presented myself outside the big house at 2 p.m. wearing kilt , polished boots ( which took some doing ) and , of course , carrying the bagpipes . |
| 29 | I freed myself from the antiquated strait jacket of his verbose speech patterns . |
| 30 | All this happened in the twinkling of an eye and just as quickly I extricated myself from the upholstered prison , scraped up my hat and tried to bash it back into shape as I hobbled to retrieve a far-flung shoe . |