lexical verb + reflexive pronoun + verbING

Here’s an example of a lexical verb + reflexive pronoun + gerund:

I‘ve been killing myself playing Hortense the Feral Princess, while you just prance around, not having sex with people.

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A search in NOW corpus for:

_VV _PPX _VVG

1 FOUND MYSELF THINKING 945

At warI found myself thinking about this girl that I had seen.

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2 FIND THEMSELVES FACING 873
3 FIND MYSELF THINKING 789
4 FOUND MYSELF WONDERING 703
5 FIND MYSELF WONDERING 618
6 FIND YOURSELF THINKING 616
7 FIND THEMSELVES STRUGGLING 576
8 FIND THEMSELVES WORKING 542
9 FIND YOURSELF GETTING 541
10 SEE MYSELF PLAYING 535
11 FOUND THEMSELVES TRAILING 529
12 FIND YOURSELF WONDERING 522
13 FIND YOURSELF FEELING 503
14 FIND YOURSELF RIDING 481
15 FOUND MYSELF SITTING 476
16 FOUND MYSELF GETTING 459
17 FIND MYSELF LOOKING 427
18 FOUND MYSELF LOOKING 413
19 FIND YOURSELF LOOKING 406
20 FIND THEMSELVES PLAYING 402
21 SEE MYSELF GOING 394
22 FIND YOURSELF NEEDING 381
23 FIND MYSELF ASKING 381
24 FIND YOURSELF SAYING 369
25 FOUND HIMSELF WORKING 358
26 FIND YOURSELF WANTING 343
27 FOUND MYSELF WISHING 328
28 FOUND HIMSELF PLAYING 318
29 FOUND MYSELF STANDING 306
30 FIND MYSELF GETTING 302
31 SEE MYSELF GETTING 301
32 FOUND MYSELF ASKING 300
33 FOUND MYSELF FEELING 298
34 FIND THEMSELVES LIVING 295
35 FIND YOURSELF SPENDING 295
36 FOUND MYSELF WANTING 285
37 FOUND HIMSELF REELING 277
38 FOUND HIMSELF FACING 265
39 FIND MYSELF SAYING 252
40 FIND MYSELF FEELING 242
41 FIND THEMSELVES FIGHTING 241
42 FOUND MYSELF GOING 237
43 FIND MYSELF GOING 223
44 FIND MYSELF WANTING 217
45 FOUND MYSELF WATCHING 215
46 FOUND THEMSELVES FACING 213
47 FOUND MYSELF USING 212
48 FOUND MYSELF SAYING 208
49 FINDS HIMSELF FACING 207
50 FOUND MYSELF TRYING 204
51 FOUND MYSELF WORKING 201
52 KEEP ITSELF WAITING 198
53 FIND HIMSELF PLAYING 197
54 FINDS HIMSELF FALLING 196
55 FINDS HERSELF FALLING 195
56 FIND MYSELF WISHING 189
57 FOUND HERSELF WORKING 186
58 FIND THEMSELVES LOOKING 185
59 FIND THEMSELVES SITTING 183
60 FOUND MYSELF ENJOYING 181
61 FIND MYSELF AGREEING 179
62 FIND OURSELVES LIVING 178
63 FIND MYSELF USING 178
64 FIND YOURSELF TRYING 176
65 FOUND MYSELF STARING 176
66 FIND THEMSELVES NEEDING 174
67 FOUND MYSELF PLAYING 173
68 FINDS ITSELF FACING 172
69 FIND MYSELF TRYING 171
70 FOUND HIMSELF SITTING 169
71 FIND THEMSELVES PAYING 169
72 SEE HIMSELF PLAYING 166
73 SEE MYSELF LIVING 165
74 FIND YOURSELF ASKING 165
75 FOUND HIMSELF WRITING 165
76 FINDS HIMSELF PLAYING 164
77 SEE MYSELF USING 163
78 FIND YOURSELF WORKING 163
79 FINDS HIMSELF WORKING 159
80 FIND YOURSELF USING 158
81 FIND THEMSELVES TRYING 156
82 FIND YOURSELF GOING 155
83 FOUND MYSELF WALKING 153
84 DEFENDED HIMSELF SAYING 152
85 FOUND MYSELF TAKING 151
86 FOUND MYSELF READING 151
87 DECLARED HIMSELF ACTING 151
88 SEE MYSELF WORKING 149
89 GET HIMSELF GOING 117