Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , although she chided herself for the thought , it seemed as if in trying to be unselfish and giving him what he wanted , she had allowed herself to be turned into a sacrifice . |
| 2 | Might it have happened that she met a horse drawn set on its way to day , and that she squeezed herself against the tunnel wall in a vain attempt to let it by without harm to herself ? |
| 3 | Once extended her own eye was pressed to the lens of the telescope that was herself ( was it her own eye 's lens she was looking through the wrong way ? ) and she saw herself at the other end . |
| 4 | Security said they 'd send someone over right away , and she busied herself for the next few minutes with the half-dozen patients in the waiting area . |
| 5 | But then she and husband Dave Flame went to a country and western night in cowboy outfits just for fun — and she shot herself in the leg . |
| 6 | ‘ At last Bertha managed to reach some big , sweet-smelling myrtle bushes , and she hid herself in the thickest bush . |
| 7 | They could n't avoid being seen together and she braced herself for the blast from Georg and from her parents . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |
| 10 | Here the lane ended , and she found herself by the Green , facing the tiny weather-beaten church . |
| 11 | There was nothing for Sophie to say after that and she resigned herself to the prospect of meeting Robert again , but later that morning , while she was working alone in the office , she felt desperately unhappy . |
| 12 | But she would make him pay for this , she vowed to herself silently , even if she killed herself in the process ! |
| 13 | ‘ I tried to reason with her after , but she locked herself in the bathroom , crying . |
| 14 | It was an ordeal for Beth to be used for this night after night , but she comforted herself with the knowledge that he truly loved her and was always both gentle and considerate . |
| 15 | Instinctively her hand drew the sheet higher before she chided herself for the gesture . |
| 16 | When she lowered herself into the chair , there was a loud squelching noise similar to that made by a hippopotamus when lowering its foot into the mud on the banks of the Limpopo River . |
| 17 | The South African , once ranked in the world 's top 300 , decided to enter when she found herself in the north west for a three-months summer stay with her boyfriend 's family in Bolton , but was never seriously tested as Benmnett fell to her second consecutive defeat in the final . |
| 18 | Emily Davison died when she threw herself under the King 's horse during the 1913 Derby . |
| 19 | Joanna Grenside is described as beautiful — but when she sees herself in the mirror , she wo n't see that . |
| 20 | The cooking , which could n't be done before the day of the party , looked like an insurmountable mountain to Paige when she presented herself in the kitchen to help . |
| 21 | When she let herself into the flat , Ralph was waiting in the hall . |
| 22 | She remain uncertain still what was to be done with it , though she consoled herself with the thought that in entering the court of Le Grand Jeu and submitting to its verdict , she had already taken the first tentative steps . |
| 23 | ‘ You really are a darling Barney , ’ Julie laughed , as she lowered herself into the rear of the two individual cockpits and pulled the waterproof liner around her waist . |
| 24 | She must have known I was watching as she lifted herself from the lake , water running down her long back , the skin glistening in the light cast from the house across the lawn . |
| 25 | ‘ Does one , ’ asked Gay rhetorically , as she seated herself on the foot of the bed , ‘ quarrel with those to whom one is totally indifferent ? ’ |
| 26 | Carrie had her back to him as she busied herself by the fire . |
| 27 | Besides having confidence in his artistic and physical abilities , he had a great passion for Nature as she showed herself in the Lake District which not only initiated his venture but maintained it all his life . |
| 28 | She was breathless , shivering with cold as she hid herself behind the curtains of the four-poster . |
| 29 | She glanced down at her hand , wondering yet again why the memory of that day should be so insistent tonight , then her lovely face became expressionless as she wrapped herself in the familiar cloak of indifference . |
| 30 | Paula looked at him wickedly as she settled herself in the front passenger seat . |