Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 So she contented herself with giving the reporter what he wanted .
2 A few yards on and she saw there was no answering wave and she faltered , uncertain if this was Ferdinando or some other lone horseman before whom she would make a fool of herself , but the closer he came the more sure she was that this was her husband and then she chided herself for thinking he had hands free to wave when one was needed for the reins and the other to hold the child .
3 Then she absolved herself by remembering it was he who 'd insisted on accompanying her .
4 Then she scolded herself for getting carried away , when she should be preparing how best to approach her mother over the subject of Elaine .
5 Instead she contented herself with glaring coldly at him as she fastened the seatbelt .
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