Example sentences of "[vb past] herself at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked into the eyes of this human peacock and found herself at a complete loss for words ; and he too seemed surprised by this girl who had agreed to be his bride : he looked up at her ( she was half a head taller than he ) in a way that she might have interpreted as hostile had she not been in too much of a turmoil herself to notice it . |
| 2 | She found herself at a loss for words . |
| 3 | At two o'clock she seated herself at a window-table in a restaurant overlooking the Nile , near where the houseboat was moored . |
| 4 | A WOMAN flung herself at a mugger and bit off his right ear when he snatched her bag in Milan . |
| 5 | Julia turned away from the sea , stepped from sand onto concrete and settled herself at a terrace table outside a café . |