Example sentences of "and i [vb past] myself " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know and I hid from them in the semantics lab when they came to shrink me , and I sold myself to someone who did n't know how to do it . |
| 2 | Father appeared above me on the top step and I wrenched myself out of the man 's nasty fingers . |
| 3 | ‘ And I got myself all dressed up for you … ’ |
| 4 | I went to the flat and I got myself a job working in Woolworth 's in Reading . |
| 5 | The first version there , is one that I did before I even looked at your , at at any of the homeworks , and I got myself into some awkwardness of trying to translate virtues , and ended up with beneficial properties , erm , which is hardly perhaps very idiomatic and the one underneath that is Jemma 's and the absent writer not that she could be embarrassed because she 's not here , erm , and she 's actually simplified more than I have , by half a line , you 'll understand . |
| 6 | Well , yeah er we we had a fair amount of chemical er troubles erm mainly spillages , bad packaging , erm a few accidents erm , and very little information in those early days erm there was a lot of nasty chemicals going around which erm very little information followed it and people were being quite seriously injured , firemen included , policemen and others were getting involved with these things , and I got myself involved quite a lot with the various bodies that deal with chemicals , like the Chemical Industry Association , and people of that kind , trying to make things a bit safer , and taking up cases where spillages had occurred and , and accidents had happened er to try to get to the bottom of it and try to improve the situation and er I was n't alone , most Chief Officers were working that way and certainly the London Fire Brigade did it , did no end of work with producing , what is now commonly known as the coding and , and a system of , of erm er marking containers of chemicals so that people can understand how to deal with them , so that that was quite an interesting area which , even now I 'm now retired I still have a little hand in that with er chemicals er in my few moments I have spare I , I get involved with that side , which I enjoy . |
| 7 | And I got myself you 've got use other philosophers |
| 8 | I had had a sudden image of Syl bringing me breakfast in a bed which we had shared , and I heard myself saying aloud , ‘ No ! ’ |
| 9 | We were talking and I heard myself say , " It must have been a very terrible experience , being with those Apaches . " |
| 10 | The shock delayed any panic and I forced myself to walk across to the body and look at the face . |
| 11 | A feeling of terror mounted in me , and I dragged myself to the telephone and rang Émile . |
| 12 | Frankie read his tattered old comic and I busied myself with the crocks . |
| 13 | But the PE teacher was strong-willed and I associated myself with him more than anybody else . |
| 14 | So , I played this and I taught myself and I had , I played at England and all over for oth , a ladies team , played a on a man 's team and er , the we , the west and that , . |
| 15 | ‘ As my mother no longer had means to live , she died ; and I took myself off to the south in search of more sunshine and a master who asked no questions . ’ |
| 16 | And I took myself away , feeling pleased with my parting shot , to my recuperation . |
| 17 | I did n't wait to be told twice and I made myself scarce . |
| 18 | My boss returned along the passage at a furious gallop and I steeled myself for some unpleasantness as the young man was rousted from his bed . |
| 19 | Cantona , who flew to Paris for the top-rated chat show Sacree Soiree after his United debut in Lisbon on Tuesday , added : ‘ I am fit and I enjoyed myself in the opener against Benfica . |
| 20 | I was so cold today , yeah , I got a , I filled up that kettle and I boiled it and I got , I was holding on to it and I fell backwards on to my bed and I burnt myself |
| 21 | And I burnt myself so many times on that ! |
| 22 | And I kidded myself up you had n't seen me . ’ |
| 23 | Okay , tell me , " I said , and I stiffened myself for the worst . |
| 24 | you see , and I felt myself well they 're , they 're Plymouth , they were all born in Devonport and Plymouth |
| 25 | And I felt myself all that was bad in Europe in the arms of all that was good . |
| 26 | They laughed and I felt myself blush . |
| 27 | It was about then that I noticed I could not touch the bottom and I felt myself going faster downstream than I was going across . |
| 28 | And I perceived myself as being totally unattractive . |
| 29 | Then I realised that I was actually contemplating accepting the senator 's offer , and I told myself that the last thing I needed this summer was to babysit two spoilt rich-kid junkies . |
| 30 | I saw those blood-groups , and I told myself that no way would Celia cheat on Alan . |