Example sentences of "and [verb] myself [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lie down on the bench and try and make myself comfy . |
| 2 | And I binge and make myself sick again . |
| 3 | But then it was time to retrieve the cylinder from its hiding place in my cabin , and make myself ready . |
| 4 | She did n't feel she could make a contribution , but she wanted to , so ‘ I just went in and made myself useful . ’ |
| 5 | I liked being recognized in the pub afterwards , and made myself conspicuous in case anyone wanted my autograph . |
| 6 | I was filled with such great uneasiness and hatred that I chattered and jibbered and made myself horrible . |
| 7 | Next morning I cleaned up the vomit and got myself ready for school but I still had a nasty taste in my mouth and I was hot and achey . |
| 8 | It was just by chance that I turned up at one of the early meetings of the first lesbian liberation groups in London and found myself involved in the early debates around socialist feminism , radical lesbianism , the Women 's Movement and the sixth demand which named women 's right to a self-defined sexuality . |
| 9 | Ah , well , I had to leave Le Coq d'Or and found myself penniless , freezing in a Paris alleyway without baggage or silver . |
| 10 | When he was offered the Rangers job , he told his estranged wife that there was no way he would become a sterotypical manager ‘ working all hours and driving myself crazy ’ . |
| 11 | I felt myself nodding off , and shook myself awake . |
| 12 | Then I dismissed the students and turned myself loose on the streets of Salamanca , under the burning sun of an Indian summer , trying to get my emotions under control . |
| 13 | I stood up , waited until he noticed me , took one last look round , then waved my hands high over my head and threw myself flat . |
| 14 | Now I go up and get myself ready . " |
| 15 | I 'm a bit stirred up just now and find myself unable to control those feelings that ought to be controlled . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I thought I could control my feelings , have an exciting affair with you and keep myself intact . |
| 17 | handbag and keep myself nice . |
| 18 | I have made lots of lasting friendships along my Guiding road as I have through Medau and think myself lucky . |
| 19 | ‘ You have a sit down , luv , and I 'll go and get myself ready . |
| 20 | It happened so fast and so drastically that I nearly slid after him , managing only instinctively to pivot on one foot and throw myself headlong back onto the boards still remaining solid behind the hole . |
| 21 | A towel that I 've put over the radiator to get warm so I can wrap it cosily round myself and hug myself dry . |