Example sentences of "herself upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ She constructed herself a bed so excruciatingly painful that ] although she was very generous , still she never placed herself upon it without trembling and shuddering … so violent was the emotion which the inferior [ i.e. her body ] manifested at the sight of the pain it was to endure … |
| 2 | It had been a mistake ever to force herself upon them . |
| 3 | He raised the chopper again , but his mother threw herself upon their tormentor screaming for help . |
| 4 | Mother loves and shows favour to father so the son tries to be like father ; similarly , a girl will form herself upon her mother or some fantasised maternal ideal . |
| 5 | But love was what he felt for the stranger who 'd thrust herself upon him . |
| 6 | The ravages committed by man subvert the relations and destroy the balance which nature had established between her organized and her inorganic creations ; and she avenges herself upon the intruder , by letting loose upon her defaced provinces destructive energies hitherto kept in check by organic forces destined to be his best auxiliaries , but which he has unwisely dispersed and driven from the field of action . |
| 7 | She flung herself upon him , going down on her knees to kiss the ramrod . |
| 8 | She flung herself upon Silas , grasping his arms as she gazed up into his face , and despite the presence of Lucy and Jean she wailed contritely , ‘ Silas , darling — I 'm so sorry . |
| 9 | Anne , what a lovely story , although it was n't very lovely , was it , when Aunty May came round for Christmas , and inflicted herself upon the whole family , with her own particular brand of misery ? |