Example sentences of "i [vb past] myself [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although I asked myself the question , I knew the answer . |
| 2 | ‘ I asked myself the same question , ’ said Dr. Ray . |
| 3 | I made myself a cape from an old camel hair coat , I could not wear that of Queen Alexandra 's Service . |
| 4 | I made myself a pot of mint tea and sat silently at the living-room table . |
| 5 | I made myself a coffee and went to bed , pausing to look in and say goodnight to Nigel on the way , which at the time , and since , did n't seem at all an unusual thing to do . |
| 6 | A year or two later , I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island . |
| 7 | Before getting into my sleeping-bag I made myself a cup of cocoa , without milk , which I do n't much like , and with a generous lacing of whisky , which I do . |
| 8 | ‘ When you did not come to see him I made myself a vow that you would face reality and not some story that has been hammered into you since childhood . |
| 9 | I made myself a nice profit out of it . |
| 10 | I made myself the timetable you know . |
| 11 | No I did n't even get up for that , I come downstairs , I made myself an orange juice he Vicked me back and me front again I tried to get back to sleep . |
| 12 | So , impressed by him , I got myself a bass guitar . |
| 13 | I went to the flat and I got myself a job working in Woolworth 's in Reading . |
| 14 | ‘ I got myself a few commissions — did I tell you I was thinking of going freelance ? ’ |
| 15 | I got myself a larger size and even they seemed to be pretty neat . |
| 16 | I got myself a couple of sausages on sticks , a hunk of crusty bread , and another Scotch , and I took over a pint of bitter for Seddon . |
| 17 | I got myself a job as typist and general dogsbody on a small magazine we thought was being financed from Moscow . |
| 18 | I got myself a pair of white jogging trousers , ooh they 're large ! |
| 19 | I got myself a pressie actually and I ai n't bloody ate it yet . |
| 20 | Eventually I got myself an editor who explained to me how to write a book , more or less , and what purple prose was , and all of that . |
| 21 | I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin . |
| 22 | And so it went on in what was styled — even in the ranks — as the Baldwin Air Force , and it was in this environment that I found myself a mere fragment within a daily expanding Air Force . |
| 23 | I found myself the only ‘ other ’ . |
| 24 | His first publication , a humorous but unsophisticated story entitled ‘ How I built myself a house ’ , published in Chambers 's Journal in March 1865 , was originally written for the amusement of colleagues during afternoons which appear to have been all too idle . |
| 25 | When I was still very young I built myself a raft from old planks and oil-drums . |
| 26 | One night I promised myself a hot water bottle , a basket of marzipan fruits and a video . |
| 27 | I promised myself a break with the crossword when I had written three pages . |
| 28 | I poured myself a stiff drink and tossed it down . |
| 29 | I poured myself a huge whisky . |
| 30 | I poured myself a drink . |