Example sentences of "she [vb past] herself [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And more and more she met herself at this hour , too late to phone anyone , too weary to sleep . |
| 2 | She got herself in big trouble ! |
| 3 | Ah , but who , she asked herself with sudden foreboding , is going to cure you of Penry Meredith Vaughan ? |
| 4 | Now the old problem arose again : she found herself in new places and she was more interested in exploring them thoroughly than she was in the chick , even though she was at flying weight . |
| 5 | After winning the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Prize in 1964 , she found herself in great demand abroad as well as at home , and sang in the first performance of Handel 's Messiah in Israel . |
| 6 | She cast herself into heated ovens or boiling cauldrons , was immersed in the freezing waters of a mill-race in winter and hunted by a pack of dogs through thorny thickets . |
| 7 | She cradled herself in crossed arms . |
| 8 | The flat seemed cold and empty when she let herself in several hours later , and discovering a message from Kelly on the answering-machine brought no respite from the depression which had settled over her like a heavy black cloud . |
| 9 | She busied herself with some clothes . |
| 10 | She composed herself at some leisure before answering . |
| 11 | She lifted herself on one elbow to peer at the clock behind him . |
| 12 | She rearranged herself in another pose , her legs curled under her like cat . |
| 13 | ‘ And remember , ’ she told herself with growing horror , ‘ what Mr Bishop 's brother said ! |
| 14 | She loathed herself for such pettiness , but she was so helplessly without any control over their relationship that pride or all that remained of it demanded that she administer these little pricks to his satisfaction , although she knew she had no hope of succeeding in puncturing it properly . |
| 15 | She raised herself on one elbow , blinking her eyes , trying to see in the darkness . |
| 16 | She raised herself on one elbow , so that she could look down on his face . |
| 17 | Lady Pomfret had been an excellent wife and mother and an efficient Lady of the Bedchamber , but she exposed herself to constant ridicule in society because she was so desperate to be thought of as a learned woman . |
| 18 | She equipped herself with secretarial skills when her family was growing up , and has worked for many interesting people and for the Diocese of Bath and Wells with Bishop John Bickersteth . |
| 19 | He 's a thief , done time probably and well , ’ the waitress was looking more uneasy and going redder as she talked herself into more trouble , ‘ anyway here he is , ’ and she scuttled off . |
| 20 | As his wife had pointed out tartly , on many occasions , she herself would never get through a quarter of her work if she indulged herself in such idleness . |
| 21 | She was happy when she starved herself of new clothes and expensive hairdressers , her bun gone , her blonde hair cut short , strict and styleless , by a merciless local hairdresser . |
| 22 | So much for that gallant , knightly rescuer , she berated herself with sudden savagery . |
| 23 | She had herself under better control now . |
| 24 | By the time he had pressed her into a seat she had herself under more control , and was suffering acute embarrassment at her outburst . |
| 25 | She felt a deep , sensual pleasure as she held his leaping , quivering manhood in check , but the heat of him was so dangerously exciting that she arched herself in mute supplication , begging him to give her the release that her body craved . |
| 26 | Stop it , stop it ! she instructed herself through gritted teeth . |