Example sentences of "[verb] myself the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found myself the only ‘ other ’ . |
| 2 | I ca n't give myself the great happiness of promising to be yours — because I am sure I ought not to ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But you were right when you insisted that I must give myself the opportunity to learn my true feelings , although … ’ |
| 4 | I might have saved myself the trouble , as the family remained together for only a short time afterwards ; my sisters married , leaving only my mother and myself at home … |
| 5 | I could have saved myself the trouble . |
| 6 | Had I proposed to keep working until the hotel was a hotbed of gossip , and leave only when I 'd made myself the centre of a tasty little scandal ? |
| 7 | After my fourth or fifth lesson I was able to see that it was I who was causing myself the discomfort . |
| 8 | Then I allowed myself the luxury to think ‘ Hey , yeah , at 30 you 're not such a failure after all . ’ |
| 9 | I had convinced myself the diet was necessary even though I found it tough going and particularly rough after a major operation and great weight loss . |
| 10 | I 'll give you that guarantee myself the company do n't like me doing this but I will guarantee . |
| 11 | I tell myself the things you 'd like to do to me |
| 12 | Nine years have passed since my divorce and I tell myself the half-forgotten betrayals and deceits are old news . |
| 13 | It was whilst working my way through this , often writing in the column headings for several pages in advance to give myself the illusion that I had completed more than I actually had , that two important suspicions that had lain dormant for some time rose up and took on the aspect of horribly credible hypotheses . |
| 14 | I find myself the only thing is to change the subject . |
| 15 | I had proved myself the fittest by the mere act of survival . |
| 16 | However insignificant in myself I am the Representative on this question of no mean body in this country who would be … disappointed and chagrined at the suspension of the question — But further — and this is a consideration far more really influential on my Conduct — I can not but feel myself the Representative of a Body who can not speak for themselves and for whom I must act without other guide than my own Conscience . |
| 17 | ‘ Although I 'm champion and it 's been a wonderful year I feel I ca n't truly call myself the title holder until I beat Joey on the roads . ’ |
| 18 | summer , giving myself the immeasurable luxury of being able to start early from the hotel , still burping porridge and bacon , and return to a hot dinner , a steaming bath and a cosy bar full of fellow hill-walkers . |
| 19 | The mere fact that I have set myself the end X , with Y as a necessary means to it , and without conflict with other prudential or moral considerations , does not guarantee me from being mistaken in doing Y ( Anyone who supposed that it did would indeed be guilty of the Naturalistic Fallacy without appeal . ) |
| 20 | Sixty years ago C. J. Herrick , the American comparative anatomist , dubbed it the ‘ organ of civilisation ’ , and I have set myself the task of seeing how far our scientific knowledge of nerve cells might earn the neocortex this grandiose title : Would these nerve cells , as actors , be able to perform the play , ‘ Civilisation ’ ? |
| 21 | stopping myself the only way I could — |
| 22 | It is the most beautiful thing you will ever wear — until I surpass myself the next time ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It is beautiful , ’ she said coyly , ‘ it is the most beautiful dress I will ever wear , until I surpass myself the next time . ’ |
| 24 | Late that night I ask myself the age-old question . |
| 25 | Do n't ask me why , I often ask myself the same question ! |
| 26 | But the more I know them , the more I ask myself the question , ‘ What is the purpose ? ’ |
| 27 | After saving up my hard-earned wages for the past four and a half years I managed to scrape the 1750 or so quid together and bought myself the most stunning quilted maple P.R.S. Custom you ever saw . |
| 28 | So I gave myself the day off . ’ |
| 29 | I had taught myself the basics but learning the ‘ wrinkles ’ from someone more experienced saves time and increased the ‘ professional ’ look of garments . |
| 30 | I have witnessed myself the effects of the delays on a number of occasions . |