Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | So it was that eventually I found myself in a hospital in Swindon close to other victims of Larry Foot . |
2 | Suddenly I found myself in a sack much larger than my body , but completely dark . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | So I settled myself in a small tavern just down the street . |
5 | Eliot had arranged with me beforehand that we should have a private meeting , and meanwhile I sank myself into the communal life of the place . |
6 | All this happened in the twinkling of an eye and just as quickly I extricated myself from the upholstered prison , scraped up my hat and tried to bash it back into shape as I hobbled to retrieve a far-flung shoe . |
7 | ‘ One day , if I write my memoirs — the only thing I shall write well , if ever I put myself to the task of doing it — you will find a place in them , and what a place ! |
8 | I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new . |
9 | I heard no more from the Head ( could someone have come worse than me ? ) and also I found myself in a new dorm filled with chaps who were in the top classes at school . |
10 | Again I felt that terrible pain and sickness , but a few seconds later I found myself with the face and body and character of Henry Jekyll once more . |
11 | And then I got myself in a knot cos there was a car coming up the road |
12 | Then I helped myself to a cigarette . |
13 | Occasionally I treated myself to a half hour browse in a bookshop . |