Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] myself [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 It was thanks to you all that I humiliated myself at the Harrogate Trade Show .
2 IT was on a very wet Saturday afternoon that I found myself on the top of the North Downs observing whiffs of smoke emerging from a boiler which to all intents and purposes was standing among a mountain of waste metal in a field almost miles from anywhere .
3 ‘ I did n't want him — I did n't want him to come near me — so I locked myself in the bathroom , with Gary-I did n't know what else to do .
4 A feeling of terror mounted in me , and I dragged myself to the telephone and rang Émile .
5 Frankie read his tattered old comic and I busied myself with the crocks .
6 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 .
7 Okay , tell me , " I said , and I stiffened myself for the worst .
8 Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor .
9 And I find myself on the pavement … crowds yelling … men surging towards the entrance , trying to get in , police with truncheons swinging — then my most terrifying experience .
10 Then , as my breath has now returned to me and I find myself in the company of my bestest friend , it is my considered opinion that we proceed together upon the epic journey and face as one whatever adventures lie before . ’
11 ‘ When I am in the car I am competing professionally and I commit myself to the job .
12 Of course Scamp gets to claim about twenty grand on some dubious insurance policy and I resign myself to the fact that I 'll never get beyond Inspector .
13 I 'm a single parent , and I blame myself for the way he is — but I feel it 's too late to get through to him now as talking or reasoning does n't work .
14 Again I accept the constant parental care has been of the highest calibre and I remind myself of the many tributes to the quality of that care in the evidence before me .
15 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 .
16 This degree is an exciting new venture , and I see myself as the first of many lay people who will benefit from the training here ’ .
17 Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her .
18 Then the talk turned to the West and I found myself at the centre of questions .
19 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 .
20 ‘ I suppose I took the wrong path , ’ he said , ‘ and I found myself at the edge of a cliff . ’
21 The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke .
22 The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me .
23 But I fancy that if I found myself on the field of Waterloo with a foot missing , or in a dentist 's chair without benefit of anaesthetic — a future form of laudanum — or faced with a work-situation in which my family were slowly being starved and degraded , then my conclusions might reasonably be the same . )
24 Then , on an impulse , I retraced my steps following the run of the old water washout pipes until I found myself in the remains of what must have been the old boilerhouse .
25 I am still very critical of my own shape but I console myself with the fact that while it is far from perfect , it is better than it used to be .
26 My superior self had taken over-call it the result of time-shock , if you will , but I felt myself in the presence of myth and , by association , accepted myself as mythical !
27 Welford said : ‘ He grabbed me by the lapels and cuffed me across the face , but I shielded myself from the rest of his blows . ’
28 Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match .
29 While I acclimatised myself to the changes over forty years , I went into my own world , back even further than that first hospital .
30 Whilst I saw myself as the hero 's faithful sidekick got up as I was in cowboy gloves with real leather fringes , two guns in holsters buckled on and tied around the leg for fast draws , ten gallon hat and waistcoat , Skippy insisted that I be the daughter of the murdered rancher whose cattle were being rustled .
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