Example sentences of "had [verb] herself [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had given herself totally to the frighteningly wonderful feelings he aroused in her . |
| 2 | And another time ooh another time she went er somebody I tell you they always used to run for my mother when there was trouble and er a woman had hung herself just round the corner to where we lived . |
| 3 | Robyn thought , remembering the way she had flung herself out of the house , the agony of driving home , the touch and taste of him haunting her down every mile of motorway … the floods of tears … |
| 4 | Next moment Perdita , streaking down the field , had thrown herself out of the saddle and clinging with her left hand round Hermia 's damp hot neck , hooked Randy as the final bell tolled for South Sussex . |
| 5 | The Lord had n't dealt bitterly with her , she had gone out of God 's will , she had taken herself out of the covering of God 's protection and blessing . |
| 6 | The woman had rubbed herself vigorously with the leaves , and presumably the man had been exposed to some of the plant 's irritant oil remaining on her body after washing . |
| 7 | In these matters Emilia Frere knew more than she , for the woman had crossed the threshold of the married state ; she had delivered herself over to the meeting of the flesh as Louisa had not been called upon to do ; she had experienced what the uninitiate could only surmise . |
| 8 | She had to commit herself totally to the therapy , while looking after two young children . |