Example sentences of "[noun pl] i [vb past] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes I roused myself , gathered up the clothes , and went round to Dominic 's room , holding his key through a handkerchief . |
| 2 | It was one of the goals I set myself ’ . |
| 3 | But it lives on in the poems we wrote together , and in the poems I wrote myself in Salamanca and Bath . |
| 4 | For three years I consoled myself with the fact that one minute he was laughing and joking the next it was over . ’ |
| 5 | For the next few years I threw myself into a whirlwind of activities — involving myself in a Women 's Aid refuge , women 's centres , campaigns , demonstrations and conferences . |
| 6 | In the intervening years I allowed myself to be gradually undermined and finally succeeded in losing most outward traces of my cultural identity . |
| 7 | For years I convinced myself that I hated eating , and loved the dance lessons . |
| 8 | One of the questions I asked myself was what could possibly have gone wrong ? |
| 9 | Now it must be confessed that no one in that situation would be likely to justify his choice by saying ‘ In recalling the tastes I found myself spontaneously moved to take the peach ’ . |
| 10 | I 'm having that delivered but the little items I bought myself . |
| 11 | As she hauled me up the stairs I braced myself for ‘ What the blazes , Bina ? |
| 12 | In those few seconds I saw myself returned to Leeds like a misrouted parcel … |
| 13 | Their arguments were faultless and after a few moments I felt myself drowning in doubt , drowning in the time trap surrounding the area . |
| 14 | Self conscious in my normal clothes I seated myself at the rear of the upper stalls . |
| 15 | Said the communique De Benedetti sent out by facsimile about an hour after his meeting with the judges , which the paper said seemed to be written in his own hand : ‘ Several times , I resisted the vexations of the regime , in some occasions I resigned myself to accept them , but only when I found myself faced with the necessity of defending the survival of the company and the thousands of dependents and shareholders toward whom I felt a massive responsibility . |