Example sentences of "i [verb] to myself " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I admitted to myself that I was an alcoholic and I had a problem with prescription pills , and in order to survive — in order to live — had to change that . |
| 2 | And , I admitted to myself , she would have been absolutely right . |
| 3 | As I watched her before she became aware of me , I whispered to myself , Everything begins here . |
| 4 | ‘ One of them 's 's corridor , ’ I whispered to myself , and looked carefully at them both . |
| 5 | And I thinks to myself well I might as well be going out earning money if they 're not in bed . |
| 6 | ‘ When I am shaving in the morning I say to myself that if I were a young man I would emigrate . |
| 7 | Bina , I say to myself — you think these people will be nice to you because you 're your parents ' daughter , because you 're Cal 's friend and she 's pretty , because you 're Chris 's … |
| 8 | I say to myself . |
| 9 | ’ 'Cos if I find a bit of meat , I say to myself , ‘ 'ello — meyat ! ’ ’ |
| 10 | You see I never believe in smoke without fire , and when our man is nicked on a spying charge then I say to myself that somebody got at him , somebody asked a favour of him , somebody got round him . |
| 11 | Still lost , I say to myself , ‘ Where am 1 ? ’ and reply , ‘ Here ’ . |
| 12 | Emptily I say to myself , ‘ It 's me , whoever I am . ’ |
| 13 | I hear some people in court and I say to myself ‘ I know why you are not here every day ’ . |
| 14 | I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen . |
| 15 | ‘ Riding the fucking mushroom cloud , ’ I say to myself . |
| 16 | Well the Indians do n't , do they , I say to myself . |
| 17 | And I say to myself , what a long way they 've got to go . |
| 18 | Please , please , please , I say to myself , let the time be slow , do n't let it go too quickly . |
| 19 | After a depressing visit to the mirror or an unkind word from a girlfriend or an incredulous stare in the street , I say to myself : " Well . |
| 20 | Ere sleep overtakes me , I say to myself |
| 21 | I mean I er er I mean I just do n't know how you , you begin and end with this actually I mean I really do n't and I mean I think quite frankly if Hydro Electric were to go out and say okay , we will fund the purchase of twenty houses four bedrooms each for the homeless right I would have thought in terms of doing something I mean I walk round Princes Street and I see those poor sods and I say to myself |
| 22 | Er without being an actuary I say to myself that 's a pretty magical thing you 've done and then it causes you to start looking at the monetary background of all of that an and again I I 'm , I 'm speaking here largely on what actuarial advice we are beginning to receive . |
| 23 | And then I say to myself oh come on , oh do n't say when I was your age I wanted did nearly or whatever . |
| 24 | But the , I ring up local government offices , and that 's the way they would speak to me , and immediately I say to myself , ‘ Christ , that would be the worst person to be interviewed on local radio . ’ |
| 25 | I hummed to myself , something I always used to do when I wanted to smile or laugh , but thought the better of it . |
| 26 | I promised to myself that I would never write an article about having a baby , never ever write that a baby was a celebration and examination of the mystery of our own being , and of course avoid the trap of believing that we were the first and only couple to have a baby . |
| 27 | ‘ He 's learned something , ’ I mused to myself . |
| 28 | ‘ What a daft world this is , ’ I mused to myself . |
| 29 | ‘ That was how I was once , ’ I mused to myself . |
| 30 | ‘ I bet none of them are showing anything as daft as this , ’ I mused to myself . |