Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] herself with " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It does her ego good to flirt with me ; it 's the star of the show 's privilege to indulge herself with up-and-coming actors like myself — I 'm not kidding you , ’ he had told them , ‘ she 's all over me when we film ! ’ |
| 2 | Sorrel excelled herself with the meal , although her father never mentioned it . |
| 3 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
| 4 | Shiona told herself with just a flicker of uncertainty , changing into second gear as she rounded a bend . |
| 5 | The grief-stricken widow refused to leave her dead husband 's side , and even crawled into his bed in a vain attempt to infect herself with his disease . |
| 6 | After a few seconds of awkward introductions , Zohra excused herself with a promise to be down for cocoa at the usual time , then led Harry upstairs . |
| 7 | I myself saw a girl hang herself with a vine . ’ |
| 8 | About to batter the floor with her heel , Lissa stopped herself with a superhuman effort and held herself rigid . |
| 9 | ‘ He only wants to see the child enjoy herself with her friends . ’ |
| 10 | Carol busied herself with dishes and paper bags . |
| 11 | Ruth occupied herself with getting settled on the office stool , aware that she could n't speak until she 'd swallowed the ridiculous tightness in her throat . |
| 12 | This time instead of relying on her own memories stemming from her childhood centred around the home in Priesthouse Lane where she was born and still lives , Miss Rimmer armed herself with a tape recorder and interviewed the town 's oldest residents ranging in age from 70 to 99 . |
| 13 | Helen amused herself with the pretence that she always lived this way . |
| 14 | Kit hugged herself with pleasure at the thought that she had raised a son who would be an engineer . |
| 15 | Sylvia found herself with her naked slit facing the ceiling , and felt his fingers busily parting her thick cunt-lips . |
| 16 | Silvia perched herself with a broad smile on the edge of the bed . |
| 17 | If she was addressing young people she made it her business to acquaint herself with their interests . |
| 18 | Shelley found herself with a woman whose slashed arm required urgent suturing . |
| 19 | One Keighley mill warper 's wife found herself with four to care for ; and even one could stir up great resentment . |
| 20 | Russia , to whom the Near East was almost if not quite as important as to the Habsburgs , also made considerable though less systematic efforts to provide herself with men competent in Turkish . |
| 21 | Jessamy told herself with a dark frown . |
| 22 | Martina contented herself with a pot of tea , and held her cup with both hands , as girls are bound to do , the fingers spread for all the warmth . |
| 23 | Rose contented herself with stealing half of Evelyn 's breakfast and stamping on her foot , but her heart was n't really in it . |
| 24 | It was ajar and he could see the young woman busying herself with chores before reopening the shop for the afternoon trade . |
| 25 | She and her husband moved to Essex after the first of the three children was born , and have stayed in the same house since , Mary busying herself with a multitude of activities locally , and now caring for her husband since his stroke . |
| 26 | While her husband occupied himself with making mental notes as to his proposed victim 's physical constitution and disposition of character , Cleo amused herself with Lorimer , communicating with him by pulling delightful impish faces and fluttering her hands . |
| 27 | Embarrassed , Izzie busied herself with the bedmaking , putting up her hand repeatedly to keep in place the headscarf over her shaved head . |
| 28 | During the short five-year period of the Second World War , a layer of air power was added to that foundation , but since the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan in 1945 , and Britain armed herself with nuclear weapons in the 1950s , the Three Pillars have stood just as securely upon the strategic nuclear deterrent . |
| 29 | At the other extreme , Belinda attached herself with limpet-like tenacity , as Rachel remembered she had done previously in the swimming-pool , doggedly refusing to be distracted by any other diversion , engrossed only in Rachel 's clothes , her hair and the colour of her lipstick . |
| 30 | Only after the revolution of 1868 , however , did Japan concern herself with more formal relations with her Asian neighbours . |