Example sentences of "when i [verb] myself [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | When I introduce myself to a class that I am working with for the first time I frequently begin by asking them to sit close by me on the floor and listen with their eyes shut to the sound of a pair of Indian bells struck together . |
2 | Is it only two weeks since that bleak morning when I had nothing for a future and everything seemed too late , when I dragged myself about the house , alone and miserable and weighed down by self-pity ? |
3 | ‘ Beware the falconer with the clean glove , ’ they say , and certainly I was looking forward to getting my glove dirty — at least metaphorically — with some practical experience when I booked myself on a falconry course on Bodmin Moor in the summer of 1988 . |
4 | I knew nobody and had no idea of what to expect when I presented myself to the new teacher in my new black overall and white collar . |
5 | So I was n't bitter when I put myself into the hands of the surgeon and that splendid bank nurse was so thoughtful as to ask me the question . |
6 | When I see myself in the mirror I realise why ; I am very unattractive . |
7 | Anyway , I did some radio interviews and I was quite taken aback when I found myself over the front page of the Evening Standard . |