Example sentences of "[verb] myself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fuller description of this can be found in the paperback edition of A Presumption of Innocence , so here I will confine myself to the main points . |
| 2 | And [ wa ] others felt a similar shock at my intention to talk about political jokes relating to contemporary leaders of the modern Arab World and suggested that I should confine myself to the days of the Prophet and the early imams . |
| 3 | As a consequence , I will confine myself to the facts as I understand them . |
| 4 | I shift myself from the mirror to the window , to see what she does . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I mean I think I 've already resigned myself to the fact that I 'm going to have to do one maybe two years more before I get anything like |
| 7 | I called for the last time at the first house in the village and pressed the buzzer , but on getting no reply resigned myself to the long walk down the mountain . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I was actually satisfied with that , if only because I 'd resigned myself to the fact that I 'd never be thin , ’ she admits . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't do it grudgingly , I 'd resigned myself to the fact that football was his burning passion . |
| 11 | I really did enjoy myself in the Tests last summer and know I can reproduce that form again . ’ |
| 12 | If you 're a good girl I 'll take you home myself in the morning . ’ |
| 13 | In late October he wrote again to Rohde : " This evening I was at the Euterpe Society , which has started its winter concerts , and refreshed myself with the Prelude to Tristan und Isolde as well as the Overture to Die Meistersinger . |
| 14 | That being so , ‘ I must immerse myself in the atmosphere of my homeland . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Still , at least you seem to appreciate I 've given you the plum job , whilst landing myself with the task of keeping an eye on Fedorov . |
| 16 | But she undercuts this realization with footnotes which describe similarities , but no differences , in the articulation of gender in homosexual relationships ; and which parallel the unconscious splits generated by discourses of gender , with those generated by racist discourses : ‘ When I made generalisations about women ( almost always derogatory ) , I did not include myself in the group I was talking about … . |
| 17 | I happened to find myself with the Commander on the gallery one afternoon : the other usual suspects were missing . |
| 18 | I did n't go into the parents ' room but went on beyond it to find myself in the rear part of the carriage , at the very end of the train . |
| 19 | When I want to find myself in the dream of the New Look , I have to reconstruct the picture , look down at my sandals and the hem of my dress , for in the dream itself I am only an eye , watching . |
| 20 | To find myself in the company of so many eminent , discerning and open-minded independent shopkeepers , affords me pleasure beyond expression . |
| 21 | This is why , at the moment , I 'm being a bit cautious about remaining in my cavity I do n't want to find myself in the situation that I 'm held to sell . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll hang myself from the bars under the light , ’ she said , desperate to sound convincing . |
| 24 | I 'm not patting myself on the back — it 's a highly competitive business and one needs selfish , single-minded dedication to succeed , but because female comics were rare in my day , competition was negligible , and I was able to be generous . |
| 25 | Welford said : ‘ He grabbed me by the lapels and cuffed me across the face , but I shielded myself from the rest of his blows . ’ |
| 26 | " I might as well resign myself to the fact that Matthew Preston is not out of my life . |
| 27 | I will learn to know myself with the help of my inner teacher . |
| 28 | ‘ I would like to spend one year here , continue my studies and test myself against the best British players . ’ |
| 29 | Anyway , I did some radio interviews and I was quite taken aback when I found myself over the front page of the Evening Standard . |
| 30 | I found myself considering the protocol — an absurdity in the face of my determination to flout convention with regard to the funeral arrangements ! |