Example sentences of "myself to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I have my lovely mate , I have schooled myself to be neither malicious nor miserable , and not to hate People . |
| 2 | Last night , Ena Gilmour , Raymond Gilmour 's mother , of Hawthorn Avenue , Johnstone , said : ‘ I will allow myself to be slightly optimistic , I do n't put it any stronger than that because I have been let down before and I do n't want to let myself go too far this time . ’ |
| 3 | BELVILLE : I look like a fine puppy to suffer myself to be thus interrogated by an insolent sister . |
| 4 | I was so superior that I considered myself to be virtually beyond criticism . |
| 5 | Rather it should be : ‘ How can I help myself to be as little ‘ like that ’ ’ as much of the time as possible ? ’ |
| 6 | I have exerted myself to be as charming as I can be perhaps you will reassure me , Therese , that I can still be charming when I try ? ’ |
| 7 | BELVILLE : I do not apprehend myself to be quite so much obliged for those intentions . |
| 8 | Ann de Stratford ( Mrs Seed ) echoes this sentiment : ‘ I consider myself to be extremely fortunate to have a very happy marriage to someone who has never considered me as anything but an equal . |
| 9 | ‘ As I know myself to be entirely English … ’ she told Parliament in March 1702 , three days after her accession , ‘ there is not one thing you can expect or desire of me which I shall not be ready to do for the happiness or prosperity of England . ’ |
| 10 | I was promising myself to be very quiet , whatever it would be . |
| 11 | In the intervening years I allowed myself to be gradually undermined and finally succeeded in losing most outward traces of my cultural identity . |