Example sentences of "and [verb] herself [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faye pushed the wheeled dinner tray aside and flung herself over in the bed to face away from her brother . |
| 2 | She gave an irritated sigh and flung herself back on the pillows , staring straight up at the ceiling . |
| 3 | Perdita cried unashamedly after they left , fleeing to her bare room and hurling herself down on the pink counterpane . |
| 4 | MOTORIST Nicky Lockyer left her dog in her car while she scraped ice off the windscreen and found herself out in the cold for two hours . |
| 5 | Neither of them now took notice of Aggie 's returning to the room and seating herself down on the leather couch . |
| 6 | ‘ I love you — naught else matters , ’ she said , moving away and seating herself demurely on the furskin rug in front of the fire . |
| 7 | She was glad she had the stone , when he came into the byre ; she was waiting for him as he had asked her to , she had made her way across the orchard in the fresh blue morning and let herself in through the wooden door by lifting it off its hinges , since the bolt had rusted fast long ago , and she had looked up at the full moon of the sky in the chimney hole at the centre of the round shelter 's roof , and with her stone which was sharp as a shearing knife with a bright , honed blade the marks of the whetstone were still visible in pale striations like scouring tracks — she scraped her name into one of the stones on the interior , as many others had done before her , in tall shapely capitals , the only letters she knew . |
| 8 | Going into the hall , she flung on a coat , pocketed the keys lying on the silver salver , and let herself out into the night . |
| 9 | She 'd make for the kitchen , she thought , and let herself out through the back door . |
| 10 | She pulled herself back together again , and hauled herself out of the cubicle to make full use of the facilities . |
| 11 | Was n't it time to put aside her fears and insecurities and give herself up to the heady delight of love and passion ? |
| 12 | It would be so easy to give up the battle she 'd been waging against him , simply to lay down her arms and give herself up to the ecstasy of possession . |
| 13 | Too tired to think any more , she kicked off her sandals and freshened herself up in the scented blue-tiled bathroom , brushing her hair and wiping her hands and face , and then her feet , on the fluffiest white towel she had ever felt . |
| 14 | She did n't know how long it would take for someone with a gun to get into position to fire at her , so she took another deep breath , and threw herself away from the buoy , cutting under the surface as she headed for the opening . |
| 15 | She scuffed through the gap in the chalk circle and threw herself down on the sacks . |
| 16 | She laughed and threw herself back on the pillows . |
| 17 | Then she no longer knew or cared how he looked or what he might be feeling , and surrendered herself totally to the sensation of being in his arms . |
| 18 | She had spurned the hypocritical cant beloved of politicians and addressed herself directly to the people , showing how well she knew them , telling them what they whispered in their hearts but dared not speak , calling their bluff ! |
| 19 | She lifted the hem of her skirt back to her waist , and smiled , and touched herself briefly between the legs . |
| 20 | Miss Logan was angry and distressed at such Judas-like behaviour , and expressed herself forcibly on the subject to the Armenian priest , who nodded and offered to say prayers for Miss Fergusson . |
| 21 | She slid her fingers from her friend 's grasp and pulled herself up in the bed , a smile lighting up the ageing beauty of her face . |
| 22 | Julia nodded and pulled herself up from the sofa . |
| 23 | Alexandra dug her toes into fissures in the canyon wall and pulled herself on to the platform which was dry and flat and sloped slightly towards the sea . |
| 24 | She swung her bottom south-south-west and steered herself off up the path . |
| 25 | In the hall she wraps a long scarf round her neck and puts on a cream-coloured quilted cotton jacket , with wide shoulders and inset sleeves , and lets herself out by the front door . |
| 26 | Rather than wake him by pulling the clothes off him and having to face the likely consequences , Mrs Stych put her housecoat over her nightgown , got a spare blanket out of her old hope chest , and eased herself down beside the chrysalis which was her husband . |
| 27 | She stood up and thought herself back into the Mayor 's office . |
| 28 | She entered the kitchen and took herself over to the knife rack above the Aga . |
| 29 | Feeling hungry , Ellie made herself some toast in the kitchen , collected some brochures from the hall table , and took herself out for the day . |
| 30 | An exhausted Anabelle ambled to the gate and squeezed herself under for the last time . |