Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] myself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will grow old gracefully , as we are advised ; and as I made ready for the night I tried to see myself as the little girls must have seen me . |
| 2 | I tried working myself into the ground , but I could be totally exhausted and still remember . |
| 3 | I 'd found myself in the company of two groups of schoolchildren between the ages of seven and thirteen who 'd come to take part in this year 's Young National Trust Theatre production , Two Nations , an exploration of the divisions existing in Victorian society . |
| 4 | ‘ I was actually satisfied with that , if only because I 'd resigned myself to the fact that I 'd never be thin , ’ she admits . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't do it grudgingly , I 'd resigned myself to the fact that football was his burning passion . |
| 6 | I happened to find myself with the Commander on the gallery one afternoon : the other usual suspects were missing . |
| 7 | I decided to commit myself to the revolution and in January 1981 , went to the Frente Paracentral , which at that time covered parts of the Departments of Cabanas . |
| 8 | Alas , all good things come to an end and with a mixture of breast stroke and doggy paddle I managed to beach myself onto the belay . |
| 9 | Seriously , I did offer myself to the Lord , but when the opportunity came , it was quite a shock . |
| 10 | For instance , in an 1897 novel , The Typewriter Girl , the heroine comments on finding a job : ‘ I had justified myself before the impartial tribunal of political economy … |
| 11 | By the end of that apprenticeship … well , a tacit acceptance would depend on how I had conducted myself in the meantime . |
| 12 | Now , suddenly I had to remind myself of the truth . |
| 13 | I had to force myself up the path to his front door . |
| 14 | I had to force myself down the street to his house . |
| 15 | I had included myself in the North Oxford set as of right , a right seemingly confirmed by the way Alison had approached me and the ease with which we had conversed . |
| 16 | By now I had covered a fair expanse of this wood , and I had resigned myself to the fact that this would be the earliest I would get , regardless of what was in the ground . |
| 17 | I did enjoy myself , once I had accustomed myself to the way the Yanks danced . |