Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] herself with " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It does her ego good to flirt with me ; it 's the star of the show 's privilege to indulge herself with up-and-coming actors like myself — I 'm not kidding you , ’ he had told them , ‘ she 's all over me when we film ! ’ |
| 2 | Sorrel excelled herself with the meal , although her father never mentioned it . |
| 3 | The grief-stricken widow refused to leave her dead husband 's side , and even crawled into his bed in a vain attempt to infect herself with his disease . |
| 4 | I myself saw a girl hang herself with a vine . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He only wants to see the child enjoy herself with her friends . ’ |
| 6 | Kit hugged herself with pleasure at the thought that she had raised a son who would be an engineer . |
| 7 | If she was addressing young people she made it her business to acquaint herself with their interests . |
| 8 | One Keighley mill warper 's wife found herself with four to care for ; and even one could stir up great resentment . |
| 9 | It was ajar and he could see the young woman busying herself with chores before reopening the shop for the afternoon trade . |
| 10 | Great Britain , now reluctantly more and more involved in the politics of continental Europe , had at length to equip herself with more effective machinery for the conduct of foreign policy . |
| 11 | As a single woman living with her uncle , the negligent landlord Mr Brooke , Dorothea has good reason to concern herself with cottages , although she intends them for the estate of the obliging Sir James , having presumably abandoned her uncle as a hopeless case . |
| 12 | A YOUNG mother suffering from post-natal depression killed herself with an overdose of drugs after leaving her baby daughter alone in their home . |
| 13 | The effect is that the individual identifies herself with an existence which is imposed upon her . |
| 14 | But — quite apart from the issue of whether a woman like myself can in any meaningful way identify herself with women in the remote past — one must ask how could this be useful theologically ? |
| 15 | If there were to be nightmares , she could not control that ; but she would not waste her waking time frightening herself with a terror which was past . |
| 16 | JENNY was waiting for her in the lounge of the Black Lion occupying herself with an evening newspaper . |
| 17 | Begin again , distant and spare , a clinical account of how a man — an economist — encountered a beautiful brown woman , the one hundred and fifty-sixth prostitute to spread herself with simulated murmurs and greedy eyes beneath his unslaked loins . |
| 18 | Set the temperature to a degree or two higher than that of the maintenance tank and place the female in this set up for a time to associate herself with the layout and hiding places . |
| 19 | ‘ But right now , if you do n't mind , Giles , I think Cavell should meet Penny Seu Chen so that they can sort out Maria 's schedule for the next few days , as I doubt if Maria has had time to familiarise herself with it yet . |
| 20 | Ronni had plenty of time to torture herself with these thoughts as they made the journey back to Olbia , barely exchanging a word the whole way . |