Example sentences of "i [verb] [pn reflx] [verb] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , you know , I had to live , so I made myself go out . |
| 2 | But I got myself straightened out and I was in the mood then to write some words , get into being into the music , get the tunes making me groove . ’ |
| 3 | The Miss Cardings next door , they would have let me stay there until I got myself sorted out . |
| 4 | He said it would just be until I got myself sorted out , and then I would get him back straight away . |
| 5 | But then the dreaded word ‘ school ’ was mentioned , and I found myself decked out in a strange blue and grey uniform with a new yellow and blue tie and a starched white shirt collar that felt tight and very uncomfortable round my neck . |
| 6 | I said ‘ That 's it — I 'm going ’ , and I found myself walking out … |
| 7 | I have a friend in London who 'll put me up until I get myself sorted out . |
| 8 | I heard myself swear out loud . |
| 9 | I heard myself let out a shuddering sigh . |
| 10 | Now it 's glossy cream and pale blue and beautiful , but I find myself looking out of the window at the broken slats of the fence between our house and the next , and understanding very well why canals and tulips and windmills and clear blue Dutch skies had been important to the woman who had stood in that kitchen before me . |
| 11 | Whenever in relation to a loved person , idealized place or personal indulgence I find myself pushing out of mind some disagreeable thought , its relevance ( as distinct from its importance ) is not in doubt ; it is enough that it does spontaneously move me against what I have decided for . |
| 12 | Every so often I find myself catapulted out of bed with fear of time and death , panic at the approaching void ; feet on the floor , head in hands , I shout a useless ( and disappointingly uneloquent ) ‘ No , no , no ’ as I wake . |
| 13 | Looking at him I saw myself stretched out in his place . |
| 14 | I saw myself scooping out handfuls of soft loamy earth . |
| 15 | Let me get myself sorted out and |