Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb mod] [verb] myself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But long ago , in 1946 , the questing and the questioning had become almost unbearable , and I knew that to keep my sanity I must force myself to an arbitrary conclusion : I would believe the least terrible of terrible possibilities — that the plane had been shot down over the Channel by enemy action . |
| 2 | Anytime after nine o'clock on the Friday evening I would lock myself into the office with typewriter , plenty of paper and a full bottle of Teacher 's Highland Cream . |
| 3 | Rather than spoil the fun I 'll content myself by saying that this really is a flight of fancy even fantasy and one that , questioning our all-too-ready acceptance of linear perspective , makes this whole adventure very worthwhile . |
| 4 | Sometimes at night I 'd find myself beyond the souks in narrow lanes between windowless houses . |
| 5 | But the point is that I do n't see myself as a playwright in the same way I would see myself as a prose writer . |
| 6 | The ribbed and pimpled gas fire whose anglepoise heat I used to dress myself for school had been supplanted by a black eggbasket of counterfeit coal . |
| 7 | That is the last time I shall put myself at a loss or disadvantage for her , she decided , unable as she was to thank me . |