Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb past] myself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a music lover I found myself in search of the ultimate sound — and I do n't mean loud boomy bass . |
| 2 | When I got back to base , instead of being welcomed as the returning hero I thought myself to be , I was asked what had taken me so long . |
| 3 | At that moment I glimpsed myself in a shop window and was pleased with what I saw . |
| 4 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 5 | He told them , ‘ Everyone had a codename in those days and , because of my admiration for the Irish struggle for Independence , I chose ‘ Michael ’ , a name I called myself after Michael Collins . ’ |
| 6 | On the appointed day I presented myself at the villa . |
| 7 | One day I uncovered myself in front of him , stroked my body , my breasts , my ass . |
| 8 | At the top I found myself in a wide gallery looking down onto the floor below . |
| 9 | On the Scottish cruise I distinguished myself by bending our port propeller on a rock in the Caledonian Canal whilst negotiating a shallow bend , and although we could still use the bent prop I was very conscious of the faux pas with our Chairman on board . |
| 10 | Then , it was elbow-dodging for the first few hundred yards , but after a mile I found myself in front . |
| 11 | Alter that night I threw myself into the struggle on Mrs Rumney 's behalf . |
| 12 | Paraded in my immaculate " dhobied " drill I presented myself to my commanding officer who glared at me , and dismissed me with these words : " I am astonished that you have the gall , Mahaddie , to apply for a pilot 's course … if anyone is foolish enough to ever recommend you , you would only kill yourself , and probably others , Good day ! " |
| 13 | For example I found myself in a warehouse in Manhattan , where the New York Public Library keeps a lot of its records , and I discovered an enormous deposit of papers of , of an organisation which was actually very strongly against the minimum wage , which appeared not to have been touched for about the last — sixty years ? |
| 14 | And yet , alighting in the sunshine from the trembling train I found myself in a space transfigured by the three stages of the passage through the underworld that is matinee cinema : the transition from day to night ; the day for night of the viewing ; the transition back to daylight . |
| 15 | In the course of the paper I addressed myself to the question : ‘ Why is it that people unhesitatingly talk of feeling hot as well as of feeling the heat of things ? ’ |
| 16 | It was the social security man , and recognizing his voice I braced myself for what he might say . |
| 17 | I am writing these lines on the last day of 1986 , the deadline I set myself for reaching the Great Glen with my pen . |
| 18 | ( For some reason I found myself in Charlbury last week — about 15 miles from where I thought I was , and ought to have been ! ) |
| 19 | The best book I read myself in 1991 was ‘ Biography of James Hudson Taylor ’ ( OMF ) by Howard and Geraldine Taylor , which showed that even one of the giants of missionary history had his own personal struggles , but also that the Lord brought him through . |
| 20 | When I made my way down its spiral staircase I found myself in the main thoroughfare of the town where I was born . |
| 21 | And then in some subtle way I allowed myself to be dominated by you . |
| 22 | After a few enquiries at Brigade H.Q I presented myself outside the big house at 2 p.m. wearing kilt , polished boots ( which took some doing ) and , of course , carrying the bagpipes . |
| 23 | This time I patted myself on the back all the way to the hotel . |
| 24 | I am , cos last time I measured myself in |
| 25 | My original programme included the week 's Workshop in Jaipur and two lectures in Delhi , but in fact I found myself with many more professional engagements than this , through the Indian habit of ‘ cashing in ’ on one 's presence to arrange last minute lectures and seminars , and the Indian tendency to solicit one 's opinion of personal research , of Ph.D . |