Example sentences of "[verb] herself on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand he 's ill. , Seating herself on one of the wooden chairs , she drew off her fine kid gloves and placed them on the table . |
| 2 | She lifted herself on one elbow to peer at the clock behind him . |
| 3 | Lee lifted herself a little towards her goddess and rested herself on one elbow , looking up like a child , expectant . |
| 4 | Rose raised herself on one elbow and addressed the darkness in a fierce whisper . |
| 5 | She raised herself on one elbow , blinking her eyes , trying to see in the darkness . |
| 6 | Later , Taheb raised herself on one elbow and let her hand slide along his thigh . |
| 7 | She raised herself on one elbow , so that she could look down on his face . |
| 8 | Ellen Harker seated herself on one of the crates thoughtfully provided by Mother Bombie , drew a gentle breath and began : |
| 9 | I said no nobody is going to be able these days woman not be able to support herself on twenty hours a week which is what Karen does putting out bread in the Asda . |
| 10 | Does n't listen to a word I say , like , the women 's no good cos I told some things about which would really made yet more of his hair fall of the top of his bald head , I said I said look , a working women needs a working man to help support herself and her children , I said , er no , nobody is going to be able these days , a woman not going to be able to support herself on twenty hours a week , which is what Karen does , putting out bread in the Asda . |
| 11 | From the age of 22 she had cut herself on many occasions . |
| 12 | She , who had always prided herself on total moral and material independence . |
| 13 | The boy was presumably present when his mother stood before a Frankish assembly " declaring her willingness to purge herself on all the charges levelled against her " — and no accuser appeared . |
| 14 | Miranda inhaled the earthy smell of the bed , propped herself on one elbow , and started gently to scratch Adam 's arm with her fingernails , stroking the sensitive inner flesh , from wrist to elbow . |
| 15 | She found two seats free not far from the Lorrimores and , putting herself on one chair and her handbag on the other , said with bonhomie to the elderly couple already occupying the table , ‘ I 'm Daffodil Quentin . |
| 16 | She was obviously in distress , raising herself on all fours , snatching the hair from her face as she looked back in terror at the plaster wall from which she had just come . |
| 17 | Raising herself on one arm , she stared down at his face , absorbing every detail of it , admiring the hard bones , the strong yet soft lines of his mouth , the twin fans of eyelashes resting against his cheekbones as , eyes closed , he waited , as all men must , for his strength to return after such an explosion of passionate need . |