Example sentences of "and [vb base] herself [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly a wave of total panic swept across her like nausea and she had to resist the urge to dash from the car and hide herself among the trees . |
| 2 | He stayed beside the car as she crossed the narrow pavement , but the shadowed gaze followed her as she shakily climbed the steps to the door of the house , slid her key into the lock with a trembling hand and let herself into the hallway . |
| 3 | She took a taxi to the family home in Surry Hills and let herself into the house which was unoccupied . |
| 4 | Benny swallowed the barley sugar rather than be accused of eating sweets in the public view , and let herself in the back . |
| 5 | Some geldings will ‘ tease ’ mares , and so can be a danger if on the other side of a wire fence , as a mare may strike out or kick at the gelding and injure herself in the fence . |
| 6 | One woman derelict told her that after living with three husbands for twenty-five years she had decided to give them up and devote herself to the task of viewing the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the British Isles . |
| 7 | Paige ground her teeth , very nearly tempted to behave in an unladylike way and fling herself across the table and scratch his eyes out — anything to stop their icy mockery . |
| 8 | They could all go hang ; she 'd switch them off and go and submerge herself in the bath for half an hour . |
| 9 | I spoke to her , telling her to do as we had earlier discussed and detach herself from the scene so that she could see it and tell me about it but could not feel any distress , whether mental , physical or emotional . |
| 10 | As he crept in through the scullery window she would leap from her bedroom and conceal herself in the nettles , unconscious of the pain . |
| 11 | Charlotte was glad of the excuse to leave him and busy herself in the kitchen . |