Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] herself on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned and regarded him , and after a moment walked slowly and deliberately to the Ancient Throne of Niall of the Nine Hostages and seated herself on it . |
| 2 | Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day . |
| 3 | Here , the manageress Giovanna has been welcoming guests for 30 years and prides herself on offering a simple , comfortable hotel and a good choice of menu . |
| 4 | She ran past him , and flung herself on the door , fumbling with the catch . |
| 5 | For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady . |
| 6 | She had got lost , returning to their home in Ambleside Road , Warndon , Worcester , and found herself on the M50 . |
| 7 | Before it grew too chilly she climbed out and dried herself on her dirty shirt before dressing . |
| 8 | Lee lifted herself a little towards her goddess and rested herself on one elbow , looking up like a child , expectant . |
| 9 | She went over and perched herself on the ottoman at his feet . |
| 10 | Lucy remonstrated , when Virginia had made them both a cup of tea and perched herself on the edge of Lucy 's bed . |
| 11 | She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink . |
| 12 | She went into another room and threw herself on a bed . |
| 13 | Then she went through and threw herself on the comfortable cool silk bedcover , and lay in luxury , gazing up at the gently rotating white fan . |
| 14 | Rapidly clearing away some bric-à-brac — a fan , a mandolin , a rusty bird cage — from a velvet throne , she invited Ruth to sit down , and settled herself on the edge of a dress-basket . |
| 15 | She pushed his chair clear of the desk , and settled herself on his lap . |
| 16 | He 'd hoped that it meant no more than that she was growing up and had become aware of herself as a young woman ; that as a consequence it was not quite the done thing for her to rush across a room and hug him like a kid sister , or trip him up in the haybarn and fling herself on top of him like a puppy spoiling for a game . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't you have a lovely house ! ’ she would say wistfully and Annabel Hogan would smile , pleased , and congratulate herself on having brought these two together . |
| 18 | She blindfolded him with her sopping knickers , and balanced herself on the edge of the table . |
| 19 | The severity of her discipline — she lived three years on bread and water , sometimes went barefoot to church in winter and prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church during weather so cold that the wine froze in the chalice during Mass — is typical of these women . |
| 20 | She guided him to an armchair and sat herself on the edge of a Victorian sofa . |