Example sentences of "restrain herself from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jane restrained herself from inquiring what she had done with it , for she sensed a field telegraph situation , so forced herself to be polite . |
| 2 | She restrained herself from reacting , except with a smile , which he returned . |
| 3 | She restrained herself from pinching another soldier . |
| 4 | Noticing a badly dressed woman while driving in Knightsbridge , she ca n't restrain herself from rolling down the window and crying out ‘ Why ? ’ in sheer exasperation . |
| 5 | After this ( but only ‘ when she was in any company ’ ) she could not restrain herself from saying , ‘ It is full merry in Heaven ’ . |
| 6 | The brisk social wind that had driven her lightly from guest to guest had dropped , stilled by telephonic contact with the tiny scratching clicking silence of the voiceless house of the long ordeal of her childhood : she found herself becalmed , for a whole dull stretch , talking to old Peter Binns , a charming old boy , but a bore , and so slow of speech that Liz could hardly restrain herself from finishing all his ponderous sentences . |
| 7 | When Ariel saw how the incomers failed to meet indigo 's exacting standards of care , she could not restrain herself from offering her expertise ; she tended , restaked , pruned and watered the trampled shrubberies of Sycorax , teaching the English how to cultivate the precious dye . |
| 8 | She had n't eaten the spinach , and in doing so created a martyrdom ; now she must restrain herself from the agonizing satisfaction of telling Maman all the truth , thus getting Aunt Tossie into dreadful trouble . |
| 9 | It was as much as she could do to restrain herself from rushing forward to grasp his hand in a gesture of sympathy and solidarity . |
| 10 | She had to restrain herself from dashing for it , almost in the fear that it would close again and that this time , it would be forever . |
| 11 | As his palm cupped their heaviness , almost possessively , squeezing , caressing , make her blood leap , Lisa was suddenly overcome by a longing so intense that she had to restrain herself from falling on her knees and begging him to make love to her right there on the beach . |
| 12 | She had to restrain herself from slamming the receiver down with shameful violence . |