Example sentences of "i 've be [verb] myself " in BNC.
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| 1 | I KNOW — THAT 'S WHAT I 'VE BEEN TELLING MYSELF , BUT IT 'S NO GOOD . |
| 2 | That 's what I 've been telling myself all these years , but sense does n't come into it , ca n't change how you feel . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been telling myself I would n't let this happen , ’ he rasped , ‘ but there 's something about you that drives me to the edge of my control . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been promising myself a drink for the last couple of hours … ’ |
| 5 | I 'm thinking of buying myself some ice skates , I 've been promising myself those , just , you know over the last few years when we have had a , just a bit , mind you there was one year about six years ago were n't it , where we were |
| 6 | I 've been covering myself up and praying James would n't notice . |
| 7 | In 1976 in London while he was making Shout at the Devil , he told me , ‘ I 've been burning myself out . |
| 8 | Anyone who 's vigilant knows what 's going on and they 're aware of what 's happening , so again it , it shows that we must do something as they said on that motorway , the thing to do when you feel yourself going into drow drowsiness is , is stop the car perhaps , get out and have a walk round , do something , I know I , er in the past when I 've felt myself going off to sleep in those situations , I 've been pinching myself and , and really making yourself do something rather than just sitting there doing nothing , cos that 's the way we just go off and get lowered into sleep and our lives are involved in this , we 've read and heard about people that have gone to sleep on motorways have n't they ? |
| 9 | I 've been crying myself to sleep . ’ |
| 10 | There was quite a silence following this , then he said at last , ‘ Ah , that 's exactly what I 've been asking myself lately . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been asking myself that question , ’ Jenna confessed , but all she got was another suspicious look . |
| 12 | I 've been asking myself ever since . |
| 13 | And the question I 've been asking myself of this , is that erm , where did we start from . |
| 14 | I 've been restraining myself for six and a half years ! |
| 15 | All these months while I 've been writing these letters for her , I 've been putting myself in her place , feeling all the love she feels , remembering things that I never really knew about in the first place . |