Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] herself to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or gave herself to me . |
| 2 | She pulled back the front curtain vigorously and revealed herself to be young and jolly-looking . |
| 3 | She licked her fingers and applied herself to her beer . |
| 4 | Her stepsister settled in England , conformed outwardly , and applied herself to the advancement of her plump , dull son . |
| 5 | She got on with children and dedicated herself to their wellbeing . |
| 6 | She had inherited a substantial sum of money from her parents ' estates and devoted herself to works of charity . |
| 7 | Janet gave up her secretarial job , and devoted herself to caring for Lisa for the next six months . |
| 8 | In 1918 , after the vote had been granted to women over thirty , she resigned from the WFL presidency and devoted herself to a range of issues , including the Save the Children campaign , the Indian independence movement , theosophy , the Labour party and the early British Communist party , the London Vegetarian Society , and the Irish Self Determination League . |
| 9 | The first of fifteen novels appeared in 1894 ( her early fiction sported the pseudonym of C. E. Raimond ) and she retired from the stage in 1897 and devoted herself to writing . |
| 10 | She joined the Community of the Resurrection in 1940 and devoted herself to the training of Primary and Secondary school teachers at Grahamstown Training College . |
| 11 | She thrust back the bright patchwork quilt and levered herself to a sitting position , her feet dangling over the edge of the bed . |
| 12 | Madame Gautier held the small silver tray of chocolates out for Ellie , who unable to resist , got up and helped herself to another one . |
| 13 | ‘ I think Stephen wanted James to see the site first thing this morning before you took us down to the house , ’ Elaine said , and helped herself to a warm bun which she tore open , spreading it thickly with butter and lime jelly . |
| 14 | Elaine handed her friend a bottle of Banks ' and helped herself to a glass of wine . |
| 15 | She poured a little whisky into a glass , put the stopper back in the decanter , thought for a moment , then took it out and helped herself to a more sensible amount . |
| 16 | When she accepted , Loretta moved across the room and helped herself to two glasses . |
| 17 | " Matt will calm her down , " Jenny said carelessly , and helped herself to more coffee . |
| 18 | She reached out and helped herself to an almond pastry . |
| 19 | Ruth pulled out a wicker chair from the breakfast table and sat down and helped herself to coffee . |
| 20 | He was about to return the compliment by suggesting that she might have lost a little weight when she leaned across and helped herself to another jam tart . |
| 21 | God has a way on retreats such as this of bringing home to us the challenge of a first-order question : ‘ Do you love me in the way Mary loved me and allowed herself to be used for my mission ? ’ |
| 22 | She was beginning to feel that she had made a mistake , and allowed herself to be exploited . |
| 23 | So they greeted her with comforts and praise , and said they liked the colour , and Janice lent her a necklace ; Clara did not much like the necklace either , for it was made of large artificial pearls , and she secretly suspected the donor of malicious intent in offering such a loan , but she put it on just the same , and ignored her suspicions , and allowed herself to be comforted , because she wished to be comforted , and because it was too late to get out of going . |
| 24 | The music blared out around them — Beatles songs from the Sixties — and for a brief space of time Rachel forgot her worries and allowed herself to be caught up in Belinda 's simple pleasures . |
| 25 | But one thing , on behalf of the museum services , I would like to thank Doreen Griffiths for the help she gave us in our exhibition , ’ Memories of Change ’ , which you can see in the exhibition room over there , and she contributed a lot of photographs , and her memories , and allowed herself to be taped and have her memories in our archive , and for that we give her a great thank , because it 's not always easy for the , sometimes for the first time to begin talking into a tape-recorder , so we thank her very much , and thank you very much for coming in and performing for us today ! |
| 26 | Julie screamed again and threw herself to one side , hissing in pain as a silver of broken glass sliced through the flesh on the back of her left hand . |
| 27 | Friends and neighbours saw a conscientious and hard-working mother who never seemed to sit down , and was always on the go , and kept herself to herself . |
| 28 | With the sale of the manor off her mind , Jane set the wheels in motion to find somewhere small to live , and treated herself to many walks with the dogs — more carefree , perhaps , than she had ever been . |
| 29 | As well as the usual souvenirs , she found a shop selling interesting ceramics , and treated herself to a pair of pottery owls . |
| 30 | Distress smote Theda as she took in his condition and knew herself to be the cause of it . |