Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [prep] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was beside myself with fear , and started panicking as she did n't seem to be able to swim . |
| 2 | I was beside myself with embarrassment , but really chuffed that Peter had said , ‘ He does a very good job ’ . |
| 3 | I was beside myself with joy and excitement . |
| 4 | I was beside myself with wild imaginings . |
| 5 | I was beside myself with pride . |
| 6 | I was beside myself . |
| 7 | Then later , when I was by myself in the examining room , you know , your stomach drops a few times . |
| 8 | In this dream she was outside herself , yet watching a person who must be herself strangling an adolescent boy . |
| 9 | She was beside herself … |
| 10 | She was beside herself , shouting at the top of her voice for the second time that day . |
| 11 | He sidled into her mind , usually when she was by herself but not always ; he was n't shy . |
| 12 | So she was not only watching but being watched when she thought she was by herself , when she was taking her clothes off and putting them on and so on . |
| 13 | Despite her fiery auburn curls , she very rarely lost her temper — largely because she 'd learnt over the years to put a tight lid on seething emotions in public , keeping explosions solely for when she was by herself . |
| 14 | It helped that she was in herself such an impressive figure . |
| 15 | ‘ Because it should never have happened the way it did , but if I was angry it was with myself , not you , because you needed to be courted , to be given time , and I gave you none . |
| 16 | They said that it was of himself and that the parcel contained a gun which had been taken to pieces so that he could carry it inconspicuously . |
| 17 | ‘ Why ? ’ he said , but it was to himself or another power , not to her . |
| 18 | For Emilia , as for himself , Dr Horrocks 's reassurance that miscarriage was a kind of mercy had brought no deep comfort , and Frere would not remind her of it , for he had quickly seen that , in some way he was far from comprehending , the loss was more secondary to her than it was to himself . |
| 19 | No , it was for himself to protect his dallta , as usual . |
| 20 | ‘ I asked if it was for himself or his mother . |
| 21 | When I painted it was for myself , I could afford the luxury of spending two years on a painting ; I did n't have to worry about whether anyone was interested in it or not or whether I would exhibit it in a commercial gallery or whether it would be sold . |
| 22 | She told herself she wanted to have her photograph taken so that she could send it to Aunt Sarah , but really it was for herself . |
| 23 | Perhaps just because she was Bob 's fiancée — but Tessa felt that it was for herself as well . |
| 24 | With every step he took , innocent as it might seem , trivial though it was in itself , he made retreat the more impossible . |
| 25 | ‘ A journey over it was in itself an education in railway history . |
| 26 | He did not know whether it was to be part of this year 's pay round , but it was in itself a ‘ cost-neutral ’ proposal . |
| 27 | His reasons for no longer enjoying it had nothing to do with his accident , now well past him , or with the failure of the Brabham venture ; it was within himself . |
| 28 | It is true that during the match the Linfield fans created trouble , but it was among themselves by throwing bottles at each other . |
| 29 | ‘ He was past himself , ’ said Helen , now back home in Hatfield Close , Eaglescliffe . |
| 30 | When he found that his theory exactly predicted the path of Mercury , he was beside himself with happiness for days . |