Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] she [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could n't avoid being seen together and she braced herself for the blast from Georg and from her parents . |
| 2 | I was fascinated by her story and waited impatiently while she refreshed herself with tea before continuing . |
| 3 | Was this just because she saw herself as a Frieda Lawrence figure , or was there some firmer basis for it ? |
| 4 | Paula looked at him wickedly as she settled herself in the front passenger seat . |
| 5 | He stood her back and looked : she stripped off his gown and , as he was there standing , he hoisted her up and held her easily as she straddled herself around him . |
| 6 | She had gulped in this exciting sense of heightened perception with the wind and rain , as soon as she found herself on the pavement outside the house . |
| 7 | It moved slowly and she cursed herself for having forgotten her gloves and scarf . |
| 8 | She was not thinking clearly and she prided herself on thinking clearly : priorities , motives , objectives . |
| 9 | But she would make him pay for this , she vowed to herself silently , even if she killed herself in the process ! |
| 10 | Her thighs pushed his legs apart and she pressed herself against him . |
| 11 | ‘ Your interviews seem to have been a great success , ’ said Melissa casually as she helped herself to cheese . |
| 12 | She saw him again briefly as she helped herself to food . |
| 13 | Her bruises stung badly as she anointed herself with gel , but the discomfort was a small price to pay for feeling clean again . |
| 14 | Her only comments at dinner afterwards as she gorged herself on tournedos , raspberries and cream and St Emilion were that Shylock was almost as beady about money as Alejandro and that Bassanio was a wimp . |