Example sentences of "i [vb past] myself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I concerned myself with the wrong person , she thought . |
| 2 | Self conscious in my normal clothes I seated myself at the rear of the upper stalls . |
| 3 | Eliot had arranged with me beforehand that we should have a private meeting , and meanwhile I sank myself into the communal life of the place . |
| 4 | I found myself considering the protocol — an absurdity in the face of my determination to flout convention with regard to the funeral arrangements ! |
| 5 | With jackdaws and Mambas both out of the frame , I found myself considering the bizarre idea that the storm had something to do with the disappearance of my dead sister 's remains . |
| 6 | Anyway , I did some radio interviews and I was quite taken aback when I found myself over the front page of the Evening Standard . |
| 7 | Again I felt that terrible pain and sickness , but a few seconds later I found myself with the face and body and character of Henry Jekyll once more . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Taking a couple of rights , I found myself on the ramp of lower Eighth Avenue — a medium-poor people 's district , I assumed . |
| 12 | 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 . ) |
| 13 | I was not prepared to commit myself completely in every situation , as I found myself as the actor and the spectator at the same time . |
| 14 | Before I had really recovered , I found myself at the railway station , where I said goodbye to Dulcie and we went our separate ways , promising to keep in touch , as one does . |
| 15 | Then the talk turned to the West and I found myself at the centre of questions . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose I took the wrong path , ’ he said , ‘ and I found myself at the edge of a cliff . ’ |
| 18 | In a short while , limping and protesting , I found myself at the local prison , pushed into a filthy stinking room with some two dozen other malefactors . |
| 19 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 20 | I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new . |
| 21 | I found myself in the curious position of being the sponsor minister of the industry and also the minister ultimately answerable for health service spending . |
| 22 | Without knowing how , I found myself in the smart medieval quarter again . |
| 23 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 24 | A helpful , somewhat overstated hotel doorman gave me instant directions , from which I found myself in the shadow of Vine Street facing what seemed to be a series of rear entrances to a rather less than impressive warehouse . |
| 25 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge . |
| 26 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I found myself in the Alps with a narrow pass before me , began to ascend the rough and desolate track . |
| 29 | I found myself in the kitchen , eating sugar from Lord Pabham 's hand . |
| 30 | ( Once , taking the night train from London to Paris , I found myself in the locked sleeping compartment of a locked coach in a locked hold beneath the waterline on a cross-channel ferry ; I did n't think of Jonah at the time , but perhaps my panic was related to his . |