Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] herself with " in BNC.
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| 1 | This left Lady Arran free to fortify herself with a large tot of rum . |
| 2 | Mother looked at them , shook her head and sighed , then advising Etty to rinse herself with the warm water , she turned , stood up , and moved towards the door , unaware that her apron-strings were entangled with a handle of the zinc-tub … |
| 3 | Crushed ambitions and women 's lib feelings had rallied to the author 's right to identify herself with a polished ship . |
| 4 | She was more than happy to busy herself with her new home . |
| 5 | As it was , Europe had not been able to supply herself with all her needs since the middle of the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | That feeling was strange , she resisted it , she knew that it was absurd as well as amoral , but in the end she told herself that she could not command her feelings : she was no longer able to torment herself with thoughts of their wars nor to enjoy their celebrations , because she was filled with the conviction that none of it was her concern . |
| 7 | In the fight to make ends meet , she was obliged to surround herself with people . |