Example sentences of "[vb past] myself [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On my last visit to Lewis I found myself repelled by the use of derogatory nicknames , and could n't understand why I was reacting so violently . |
| 2 | Taking a photograph , I had stepped forward onto nothing and found myself flying through the air , cartwheeling like a rag doll , striking sharp edges and corners and buffeted by hard objects . |
| 3 | Twice he passed me his pipe to cut the ends of my suture and on one occasion I found myself trying in the dim light to thread the silk through his reaming tool . |
| 4 | I found myself revising with the small colloquia that lay around the grassy precincts of the university . |
| 5 | I found myself humming to the tune of the violin an old man was playing for sous . |
| 6 | I found myself living on the base with a dozen nationalities thrown together to know our God more . |
| 7 | I fled to the Students ' Union where , within a very few days , I found myself co-opted onto the Students ' Council . |
| 8 | I found myself gazing at the harmonium and my memories of the happy times I 'd spent listening to Miss Louise play came flooding back and I wept more . |
| 9 | I felt a thump on my back and an instant later found myself propelled along the winding lane at close to racing speed , courtesy of Steve , fourth member of the Peugeot team out for a training run . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 12 | I spent a romantic holiday on the island some 30 years ago in a mountain village with a non-sailing companion and found myself pining in the summer heat for that azure water in the little harbour below . |
| 13 | I soon found myself engrossed in the history of the valley ; tales and stories of the turbulent times of Border wars . |
| 14 | I was inclined to laugh until I found myself shuffling along the edge of one levada , eyes fixed to avoid looking at the drop below . |
| 15 | There was no way I could have refused even if I had wanted to , so a few days later I found myself shaking in the BBC 's hospitality suite , very glad to have Mary and Chris with me for moral support . |
| 16 | They played ‘ ’ Invitation to the Waltz' ’ on Radio 3 this morning' — she was speaking faster and faster , edging towards the gun — ‘ such a heavenly tune , I played it at school , and suddenly found myself waltzing round the kitchen , then Ethel leapt up and waltzed with me , and I thought perhaps there is a life after Hamish . |
| 17 | All very contemporary , but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement . |
| 18 | One horrible night I found myself crouched at the door , listening for sounds of pain which would have given me pleasure , sounds of pleasure that would have hurt . |
| 19 | ‘ So I found myself heading for the Far East in the Service Corps . ’ |
| 20 | I next found myself lying at the bottom of a crude hopper of duck boards which was set on top of an irrigation dyke . |
| 21 | I told myself going to the 18th today that if I could birdie it I could win the tournament . ’ |
| 22 | Shivering at the table and peering down at the paper under the stumpy candle I allowed myself to wander off the straight path through the dark trees . |
| 23 | I felt myself propelled towards the stage . |
| 24 | With horror , I felt myself falling through the air . |
| 25 | I had been walking towards a closed door , and by a sudden magic its impenetrable wood became glass , through which I saw myself coming from the other direction , the future . |
| 26 | I felt quite embarrassed and excused myself to go to the cloakroom . |
| 27 | I got myself elected onto the Students ' Council where I muddled through , never having read the agenda papers and often not knowing what on earth everyone else was talking about . |
| 28 | In July of 1982 , during the Israeli siege of west Beirut , I had myself prowled through the archives to try and discover the political roots of the Lebanese Phalange , Israel 's latest ally in its war against the Palestinians . |