Example sentences of "herself [adv] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of this was her affair , she told herself not for the first time . |
| 2 | It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow , ahead of the Brückner lawyers . |
| 3 | The bag lady enters Venice , she thought , trying to cheer herself up for the daunting journey ahead . |
| 4 | You can watch the newsreader 's lips getting into gear , like Fatima Whitbread psyching herself up for the big throw . |
| 5 | She was out every evening , sometimes staying away all night and coming back in the afternoon only to tart herself up for the next evening away . |
| 6 | You did the wise thing , calling a halt when you did , she told herself sharply for the umpteenth time . |
| 7 | It really would be very much more practical to have her hair cut , she told herself severely for the umpteenth time , but the simple truth was that she liked having her hair long , loved the feeling of the heavy silken strands on her skin . |
| 8 | An exhausted Anabelle ambled to the gate and squeezed herself under for the last time . |