Example sentences of "[pron] had [verb] myself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the nets in use were those I had made myself . |
| 2 | With one foot on the platform and the other hovering over the stairwell , I had to draw myself in with real concentration at every stop when the driver came round to unjam the ‘ automatic ’ door . |
| 3 | I was carried away by his reminiscences and anecdotes , his observations on natural history and his descriptions of places I had visited myself . |
| 4 | If I had killed myself , I should have known perfectly well what I was doing . |
| 5 | When I first went to see Timo Metsola I had to represent myself as a reporter from that magazine . |
| 6 | For instance , in an 1897 novel , The Typewriter Girl , the heroine comments on finding a job : ‘ I had justified myself before the impartial tribunal of political economy … |
| 7 | Finally I had to reconcile myself — I really believe this , but it 's not a thing you can say without emotion and maybe regret — that , yes , life is sacred , but the quality of life is also important , and it has to be the determining thing in this particular case . |
| 8 | ‘ The day was over , and from dawn to twilight , or rather from one night to another , I had lost myself in that symphony . ’ |
| 9 | I had disguised myself with an old cardigan with faded leather elbow patches and a copy of the Daily Express . |
| 10 | Up until that moment I had seen myself as simply a person ; colour of skin had n't registered with me . |
| 11 | For me , privacy was a rare commodity , and I had cut myself off from the subculture which had once sustained me — only to find that there was nowhere else to go . |
| 12 | I had taught myself the basics but learning the ‘ wrinkles ’ from someone more experienced saves time and increased the ‘ professional ’ look of garments . |
| 13 | I had arranged myself ( while she arranged the flowers I 'd brought ) with my back nearly to the light . |
| 14 | I knew that he would not understand what I was going to say but it was as if there was an invisible person in the carriage before whom I had to justify myself . |
| 15 | I had to give myself grey ones as it was . |
| 16 | ‘ So the thing that I would say , if I had to give myself a brownie point , would be that I enabled her to see that she could work actively with the situation . |
| 17 | This favourite phrase of hers , meaning uninformed opinion , seemed to underline her contempt for the situation in which I had placed myself : the young , married woman , abdicating intellectual effort , doing nothing but washing and cleaning and caring for her baby . |
| 18 | One moment which I recall vividly illuminates the problematic position in which I had placed myself . |
| 19 | I finished the song and only as I left the stage did I realise I had wet myself with fear . |
| 20 | By the end of that apprenticeship … well , a tacit acceptance would depend on how I had conducted myself in the meantime . |
| 21 | Until this point , of course , I had believed myself quite alone and I turned in some surprise . |
| 22 | Apart from himself , " only one man turned up — Frank Foley by name and I enrolled Foley as a member after I had enrolled myself , so that there were then two members of the National Amalgamated Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union of Great Britain " . |
| 23 | Now , suddenly I had to remind myself of the truth . |
| 24 | Well I was just tidying myself up , och just a week lick of lipstick and a puffa blusher basically when I noticed that my mascara was on its last legs so I had to remind myself to stop by at Frazers Innoxa counter as any other tearproof bar theirs brings me out in lumps , so to cut a long story short I just nicked in the sidedoor — honest to god I was festooned with carriers laden down like a workhouse donkey — and I 'd to cut through the shoe department . |
| 25 | Sometimes it was jolly nice , sometimes it was a bit fraught , and sometimes I had to remind myself not to start thinking of other things in the middle . |
| 26 | I had to remind myself sternly that Thornfield was not my permanent home , and that the person I was so looking forward to seeing was perhaps not even thinking of me . |
| 27 | ‘ They swallowed quite a bit out of politeness , but they 're not stupid , so I had to behave myself . |
| 28 | ‘ It is not a birth-mark and , if I had rid myself of my preconceptions , I would have recognized it for what it is , on superficial examination of the subject . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Both trays together , ’ I said , and the girl said ‘ Eight pound ninety , ’ and I had to stop myself falling over . |
| 30 | I had to stop myself telling her that I had another party to go to on Christmas evening — just so I could stay home after everyone had left and stuff my face with leftovers . |