Example sentences of "[verb] herself [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was important to position herself within easy reach of the doors before letting him see her , in case she had to bolt . |
| 2 | Her simple cosmetic operations completed , she dresses herself in opaque green tights , a wide brown tweed skirt and a thick sweater loosely knitted in muted shades of orange , green and brown . |
| 3 | After winning the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Prize in 1964 , she found herself in great demand abroad as well as at home , and sang in the first performance of Handel 's Messiah in Israel . |
| 4 | Now the old problem arose again : she found herself in new places and she was more interested in exploring them thoroughly than she was in the chick , even though she was at flying weight . |
| 5 | Gasping , Sabine found herself in other arms , steadied by another body . |
| 6 | She stepped through the doors , and found herself in total darkness . |
| 7 | She cradled herself in crossed arms . |
| 8 | She cast herself into heated ovens or boiling cauldrons , was immersed in the freezing waters of a mill-race in winter and hunted by a pack of dogs through thorny thickets . |
| 9 | All at once , Melanie was back home and swathing herself in diaphanous veiling before a mirror . |
| 10 | Seating herself in solitary splendour , avoiding the accusing glances of his ancestors , she thankfully started on the thick vegetable soup , which , despite Feargal 's derogatory remarks about Mary and Rose , was excellent . |
| 11 | Mary herself , in captivity in England but forever smuggling out letters and appeals , dealt slyly in shrouded half-promises and suggestions , but made one thing quite clear : she still regarded herself as rightful Queen of Scots and , even towards the end , offered no more than a grudging suggestion of James being ‘ associated ’ with her in ruling the country . |
| 12 | ‘ And remember , ’ she told herself with growing horror , ‘ what Mr Bishop 's brother said ! |
| 13 | But Fatima was laughing and loving herself with crossed arms . |
| 14 | Franca naturally busied herself with genuine tasks , of which there were always plenty . |
| 15 | Mary Tyrone , perhaps the central character of the play but certainly not the sole source of discord , is a fading beauty trying to find solace from the harsh realities of the external world and internal torment in steeping herself in lost ideals and numbing herself with drugs . |
| 16 | She contents herself with short , heartfelt abuse of the dickhead kind . |
| 17 | A woman can present herself in various roles : as a ‘ mother figure ’ , or as a child appealing to her husband 's paternal instinct . |
| 18 | As Margaret Anne Doody puts it : ‘ Leapor plays with the fascination of female ugliness in such a manner as to free herself from conventional claims of feminine proprieties . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Gender factors are seen to be an integral part of mental illness in women and a woman 's limited resources are often a significant factor in her ability to extricate herself from oppressive , unsupportive environments . |
| 21 | Jenny had a very poor topographical imagination and needed to apply herself with great concentration to the task of relating the main lines of street lights to her own knowledge of the town . |
| 22 | Yes , she had all the chances , but she did n't even take a degree — threw herself into left-wing politics , and then got married . |
| 23 | But unknown to me , Lesley had approached the Chairman of Governors to insist that she as senior management ( because Lesley sees herself as senior management ) should be all owed to interview staff . |
| 24 | Because she knew he would be meeting her at the road alone , she had risen very early and bathed and scented herself with special care in her suite at the Continental Palace that morning . |
| 25 | She 's always been one to surround herself with young bucks . |
| 26 | Japan , too , had joined the conflict on the Allied side on 23 August 1914 and had swiftly helped herself to German possessions in the east , including the Carolina group of islands on 7 October and Kiauchau on 7 November . |
| 27 | Lady Pomfret had been an excellent wife and mother and an efficient Lady of the Bedchamber , but she exposed herself to constant ridicule in society because she was so desperate to be thought of as a learned woman . |
| 28 | ALMA COGAN Gordon Burn Alma Cogan was a British plain Jane who reinvented herself via extravagant frocks and bouffants to become a massive Fifties singing star , dying in 1966 . |
| 29 | This clearly symbolised Russia 's new strength and the international position to which she had now raised herself with spectacular speed . |
| 30 | Employing only a cool curiosity , she had defended herself from sentimental pretences . |