Example sentences of "[verb] herself into [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rita let herself into the house with the Yale . |
| 2 | It was quite dark when Breeze let herself into the house , and for a second she was dazzled by the electric light , and failed to see the suitcases in the hall . |
| 3 | She let herself into the kitchen , where young Joe Burns had asked about her . |
| 4 | When she let herself into the flat , Ralph was waiting in the hall . |
| 5 | She let herself into the kitchen and sank into a chair before the fire that urgently needed mending . |
| 6 | The girl was carrying a latchkey ; she let herself into the cabin . |
| 7 | She let herself into the house , and made herself a cup of tea . |
| 8 | She let herself into the comfort and glow of the solar to hear her father 's querulous voice complaining , in terms in which surely he himself did not believe : ‘ My mind misdoubts me we have done wrong to have any part in this . |
| 9 | There was no one about when she let herself into the house , and thankfully she went quietly up to her room . |
| 10 | Aided by her publicity adviser , Sir Gordon Reece , the mousy frump in sensible shoes and off-the-peg clothing transformed herself into the glamorous power-dresser , with coiffed blonde hair and capped teeth , who led President Mitterrand to slaver , ‘ She has the eyes of Caligula and the mouth of Marilyn Monroe . ’ |
| 11 | With this foot and all the solidity and strength of her right leg she levered herself into a standing position . |
| 12 | ‘ Of course not , ’ Flavia said , trying to pull herself into the present . |
| 13 | She seemed about to launch herself into a speech but then thought better of it . |
| 14 | She drew back , pressing herself into the upholstered chair , and surreptitiously studied him in the gilt mirror opposite . |
| 15 | Mokosh changed herself into a raven and flew back with the turtle-dove to perch on the ridge of the wooden fort . |
| 16 | Roxie drew herself into the corner as if she wanted to get as far away from them as she could . |
| 17 | She had not stopped to think that she might be inserting herself into a social scene that she had walked away from when she had left home . |
| 18 | When she kisses him as a woman , he dies : she casts herself into the Fire , taking his body with her : and Holly seems to see her alive and radiant , a woman whose sins have been compounded . |
| 19 | She took a taxi to the family home in Surry Hills and let herself into the house which was unoccupied . |
| 20 | Alice went up to the second floor in the lift , let herself into the flat and read , for the ninth or tenth time , the letter she had left for Mike . |
| 21 | He stayed beside the car as she crossed the narrow pavement , but the shadowed gaze followed her as she shakily climbed the steps to the door of the house , slid her key into the lock with a trembling hand and let herself into the hallway . |
| 22 | In fact , she thought , as she made her way through a section of the shop-floor and let herself into the occupational health centre , she did n't even know his name . |
| 23 | Left alone , Meredith ignored her shaking legs and managed to strip off and ease herself into the heavy waist petticoats from beside the chest . |
| 24 | It drove him mad when she turned herself into a sphinx as a ruse to avoid facing the truth . |
| 25 | How Hillary turned herself into a presidential partner . |
| 26 | And in Amabel 's experience it had always been the wife who complained of it , Ethel Lord , for instance , fretting herself into a decline , or very nearly , when her husband had taken to spending so much time in Leeds ; Maria Colclough turning to religion because her man emerged so rarely from his counting house ; even strident Lizzie Braithwaite complaining that she had been neglected for the sake of the business . |
| 27 | Any whiff of scandal had evaporated , and she now threw herself into a hectic work schedule . |
| 28 | After giving up her interior decoration business two years ago , Sally threw herself into the couple 's current venture , Harry Hares , a brasserie in Cirencester specialising in English food . |
| 29 | She threw herself into the literary and social life of Cambridge . |
| 30 | Claudia threw herself into the rehearsal for the show , trying to conquer her nerves by sheer will-power . |