Example sentences of "and i [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A feeling of terror mounted in me , and I dragged myself to the telephone and rang Émile . |
| 2 | Frankie read his tattered old comic and I busied myself with the crocks . |
| 3 | Cantona , who flew to Paris for the top-rated chat show Sacree Soiree after his United debut in Lisbon on Tuesday , added : ‘ I am fit and I enjoyed myself in the opener against Benfica . |
| 4 | Okay , tell me , " I said , and I stiffened myself for the worst . |
| 5 | My friend and I settled ourselves onto the snow and uncorked a well-chilled bottle of wine in the hope of getting merry . |
| 6 | Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed . |
| 7 | Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her . |
| 8 | Then the talk turned to the West and I found myself at the centre of questions . |
| 9 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose I took the wrong path , ’ he said , ‘ and I found myself at the edge of a cliff . ’ |
| 11 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 12 | The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me . |