Example sentences of "i [verb] myself [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One night I promised myself a hot water bottle , a basket of marzipan fruits and a video . |
| 32 | I promised myself a break with the crossword when I had written three pages . |
| 33 | I give myself a pat on the back for every question which I answered in a way which led the pupils deeper into the problem . |
| 34 | ‘ I consider myself a much better and more focused person . |
| 35 | Lewis says his love for his mother Vi will keep him out of trouble , declaring : ‘ She brought me into this world and I consider myself a mother 's boy — I owe it all to her . |
| 36 | ‘ I consider myself a feminist . |
| 37 | ‘ Even if the Mad Killer epithet will be attributed to me by the media , I consider myself a rational erudite that only the arrival of the Grim Reaper has forced to take extreme acts . |
| 38 | However , I consider myself an expert in the art of assassination and murder and , I tell you this , violent death always comes quietly . |
| 39 | I poured myself a stiff drink and tossed it down . |
| 40 | I poured myself a huge whisky . |
| 41 | I poured myself a drink . |
| 42 | I poured myself a drink and sipped it . |
| 43 | I poured myself a drink . |
| 44 | Mr D. Davidson turned out to be Alec 's father and after I had identified myself as an old school-friend of Alec 's — I allowed myself a little poetic licence in this description — he confirmed that Alec still lived in Strondonald . |
| 45 | I allowed myself a brief glance at Alison 's ample contours . |
| 46 | Then I allowed myself the luxury to think ‘ Hey , yeah , at 30 you 're not such a failure after all . ’ |
| 47 | Choir night , so I get myself an early supper . |
| 48 | I tell myself the things you 'd like to do to me |
| 49 | Nine years have passed since my divorce and I tell myself the half-forgotten betrayals and deceits are old news . |
| 50 | When I fly out from the nest over the moors to its great and awesome cliff and gyre on the winds out over the sea then can I call myself a Wrath eagle . ’ |
| 51 | Consequentially , when I saw him marching swiftly towards me I permitted myself a brief groan . |
| 52 | V.W. I find myself a non-Catholic in a Catholic school that at the moment is promoting Catholics and I 'm at a complete dead end . |
| 53 | I have played my part in defending the role of banks and the necessary role that they have , but I find myself a little outflanked by the new enthusiasm . |
| 54 | As I find myself an outsider at this point , I can only put to you another question : Are you really sure that the issue of the ordination of women is so fundamental to the gospel that you would leave your Church and , in some cases , surrender your ministries on that point ? |
| 55 | I find myself the only thing is to change the subject . |
| 56 | When summer comes and I finally have to reluctantly discard my thermals , I knit myself a few cardigans just in case it is not hot enough for me — and come to think of it , our weather is hardly ever hot enough for me . |
| 57 | Not only had I proved myself a liar but I 'd not been much good at school and did n't even get my leaving certificate . |
| 58 | ( ‘ Would you believe me if I called myself a Puritan ? |
| 59 | I feel myself a theatre of other lives and deaths . |
| 60 | Now that I actually stood in the house of Victor Frankenstein , I felt myself no more than a character in a fantastic film . |