Example sentences of "[verb] myself [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His first publication , a humorous but unsophisticated story entitled ‘ How I built myself a house ’ , published in Chambers 's Journal in March 1865 , was originally written for the amusement of colleagues during afternoons which appear to have been all too idle . |
| 2 | When I was still very young I built myself a raft from old planks and oil-drums . |
| 3 | I also built myself a second house there , and so I had two homes . |
| 4 | I began to move more freely around the island again , and built myself a third house . |
| 5 | I shift myself a stair higher , so that I can reach up and stroke my son 's head . |
| 6 | ‘ If the Tories get in , I 'll go out and buy myself a new frock , ’ said perhaps the most influential man in British fashion . |
| 7 | Then I had to save up and buy myself a black dress for the afternoons when the housemaid was out , you see . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you realize , I can buy myself a gun now , and keep rabbits out of my own lettuces ? ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps , as my niece would say , I should buy myself a new dictionary . |
| 10 | I think if I was going to go Sunday I think I 'd buy myself a few cos that |
| 11 | Back at the tent it is getting late , so I set up the Trangia and cook myself a meal . |
| 12 | I do still have to pinch myself every now and again to convince myself it is really happening … ’ |
| 13 | To find myself a Good Career to Travel and |
| 14 | But I was so anxious to please or , more accurately , to avoid the stigma of being abnormal , that I did manage to find myself a boyfriend . |
| 15 | Days later , when I had decided to find myself a less cushy job , someone telephoned me and said , –You are ruining my life . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm highly unlikely to find myself a husband and produce another child within the next eighteen months . ’ |
| 17 | I wanted to find myself a quiet corner and curl up in it . |
| 18 | And I do n't bother to find myself a reflective surface wherein to follow them-although no doubt the gleam in Rainbow 's eye , or the slick of moisture on Anya 's parted lips , would do at a pinch . |
| 19 | The next morning I woke up , and was relieved to find myself a normal man again … |
| 20 | I had earned myself a little more time to think . |
| 21 | I do n't claim to be an expert and I certainly do n't consider myself a clever clogs . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't consider myself an idiot and anyone who says I am does n't know what they 're talking about . |
| 23 | I would consider myself an old-fashioned painter . ’ |
| 24 | One night I promised myself a hot water bottle , a basket of marzipan fruits and a video . |
| 25 | I promised myself a break with the crossword when I had written three pages . |
| 26 | I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin . |
| 27 | Nevertheless on arriving in Sydney I was brought into the Theosophical Centre , and before I had been there a week found myself a very interested enquirer . |
| 28 | Less than a year later we got married and I moved down here and eventually found myself a job . |
| 29 | And so it went on in what was styled — even in the ranks — as the Baldwin Air Force , and it was in this environment that I found myself a mere fragment within a daily expanding Air Force . |
| 30 | I found myself the only ‘ other ’ . |