Example sentences of "i [vb past] myself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I found myself in the centre of town , going through the busy Saturday crowd . |
| 32 | The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me . |
| 33 | I knew before I started out that , weatherwise , the end of March is not the time to plan a journey to the Islands and my misgiving proved to be well founded as on Tuesday 23 March I found myself in the lounge at Dalcross Airport , Inverness watching gale force winds sweep snow across the runways . |
| 34 | When I made my way down its spiral staircase I found myself in the main thoroughfare of the town where I was born . |
| 35 | By chance , I found myself in the royal apartments , a long , polished gallery where the freshly waxed wood winked in the sunlight and the walls shimmered with the exquisite tapestries hung there . |
| 36 | Having done the recording , I found myself in the dressing-room in tears . |
| 37 | Welford said : ‘ He grabbed me by the lapels and cuffed me across the face , but I shielded myself from the rest of his blows . ’ |
| 38 | Periodically I went back to the northern wastes again , a sort of alchemical prep school where , like Lorne , I sustained myself through the dark times with dreams of the southern islands . |
| 39 | Frankie read his tattered old comic and I busied myself with the crocks . |
| 40 | I busied myself on the shore |
| 41 | As I disentangled myself from the green wool , I had been linked not only to these women beside me , but to those in Canaan and all the other women through the centuries who have wept over the death of the gods of life , of love , and of hope , whom they tried to revive with their tears . |
| 42 | I prepared myself for the baton change as Mac set off on his leg , so I did not see what happened there . |
| 43 | I consoled myself with the thought that he would n't find out from me ; there was enough trouble at home already . |
| 44 | For three years I consoled myself with the fact that one minute he was laughing and joking the next it was over . ’ |
| 45 | It hurts me now to realize how much I numbed myself from the searing pains of those years . |
| 46 | I defended myself for the first time : I pushed him away . |
| 47 | Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed . |
| 48 | I hauled myself to the top of the wall , looking back as I prepared to jump . |
| 49 | I threw myself at the door and tried desperately to open it . |
| 50 | Someone shouted : " Lie down ! " , and as I threw myself to the ground , I felt a bullet hit me . |
| 51 | I threw myself into the ditch as two further explosions occurred , this time at the crossroads just ahead of the jeep . |
| 52 | The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally . |
| 53 | Alter that night I threw myself into the struggle on Mrs Rumney 's behalf . |
| 54 | I threw myself against the cell door and hammered and shouted , crying to be let out . |
| 55 | I threw myself against the wall and prayed . |
| 56 | Cantona , who flew to Paris for the top-rated chat show Sacree Soiree after his United debut in Lisbon on Tuesday , added : ‘ I am fit and I enjoyed myself in the opener against Benfica . |
| 57 | It was thanks to you all that I humiliated myself at the Harrogate Trade Show . |
| 58 | Okay , tell me , " I said , and I stiffened myself for the worst . |
| 59 | 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 ? ’ |
| 60 | Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match . |