Example sentences of "try [verb] herself [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 2 | Sarah tried to hitch herself up in the bed . |
| 3 | Then she tried to heave herself up onto the driving seat but could n't manage without Dad 's help . |
| 4 | She tried to think herself back into the part of Peter 's fiancée . |
| 5 | She felt sticky and heavy , as if she was trying to pull herself out of the chlorinated pool with the water dragging at her bulk , breaking the surface tension with an effort . |
| 6 | Nuadu could see that her fingers were gone now , and that she was trying to pull herself back into the heartwood , which would have been her dwelling and the place from which she drew sustenance and vitality , but the Robemaker made another of his sudden curt gestures and the slaves fell to their work again , sweat streaming from their half-clad bodies and Nuadu saw the heartwood splinter and fall apart . |
| 7 | The bag lady enters Venice , she thought , trying to cheer herself up for the daunting journey ahead . |
| 8 | ‘ No , Father , ’ Ellie replied , trying to manoeuvre herself away from the smell of stale whisky and nicotine . |