Example sentences of "[noun] i [vb past] myself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew before I started out that , weatherwise , the end of March is not the time to plan a journey to the Islands and my misgiving proved to be well founded as on Tuesday 23 March I found myself in the lounge at Dalcross Airport , Inverness watching gale force winds sweep snow across the runways . |
| 2 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 3 | For three years I consoled myself with the fact that one minute he was laughing and joking the next it was over . ’ |
| 4 | On the appointed day I presented myself at the villa . |
| 5 | Alter that night I threw myself into the struggle on Mrs Rumney 's behalf . |
| 6 | In the course of the paper I addressed myself to the question : ‘ Why is it that people unhesitatingly talk of feeling hot as well as of feeling the heat of things ? ’ |
| 7 | When I made my way down its spiral staircase I found myself in the main thoroughfare of the town where I was born . |
| 8 | Self conscious in my normal clothes I seated myself at the rear of the upper stalls . |
| 9 | After a few enquiries at Brigade H.Q I presented myself outside the big house at 2 p.m. wearing kilt , polished boots ( which took some doing ) and , of course , carrying the bagpipes . |
| 10 | This time I patted myself on the back all the way to the hotel . |