Example sentences of "[vb pp] herself [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old nurse hanged herself in one of the barns . |
| 2 | Now to see how Mrs Hatton had occupied herself during that particular week . |
| 3 | She had resigned herself to that . |
| 4 | His defence lawyer says the case is unique in French law in that the court accepted Kim might have stabbed herself in this way . |
| 5 | The officer had quickly positioned herself with one foot on either side of Madeleine 's head , and was crouched down over her face . |
| 6 | I could almost feel sorry for her , she had gotten herself into such a false position . |
| 7 | How had my mother transformed herself into this dower-house chatelaine ? |
| 8 | They all knew that Freddie had , as usual , ended yet another affair , but they reckoned that Liza could have consoled herself with any number of more suitable admirers . |
| 9 | If Jane Leeson had been a woman to examine her motives she would have absolved herself from any accusation of spite . |
| 10 | Japan , too , had joined the conflict on the Allied side on 23 August 1914 and had swiftly helped herself to German possessions in the east , including the Carolina group of islands on 7 October and Kiauchau on 7 November . |
| 11 | Instead of staying with me as he 'd planned , he rents this ancient pile , miles from anywhere , just so he can keep an eye on this stupid female who seems to have got herself into all sorts of trouble over a piece of land — ’ |
| 12 | She 'd already got herself into all sorts of trouble listening to other people 's opinions , and she was n't going to make that mistake again . |
| 13 | How on earth had she ever got herself into such a mess ? |
| 14 | Her hands were actually shaking and she would not have believed she could have got herself into this sort of state so quickly . |
| 15 | This clearly symbolised Russia 's new strength and the international position to which she had now raised herself with spectacular speed . |
| 16 | Employing only a cool curiosity , she had defended herself from sentimental pretences . |
| 17 | She is not only asserting herself as an artist , she has painted herself with all the bloom and freshness of a young woman although she was in her mid sixties when it was made ! |
| 18 | She , who had always pulled the strings , to have found herself in this position . |
| 19 | If she 'd stayed in a fit state then she would n't have found herself in this situation now . |
| 20 | She wore enormous shapeless skirts which looked as if they were made from old curtains or bedspreads , and baggy sweatshirts which she had dyed herself in dingy shades of rust , snot-green and pale mouldy purple . |
| 21 | Having just painfully disentangled herself from one relationship , she had no intention of getting involved in another for a very long time . |
| 22 | He sounded as if he was about to simply replace the phone and go , and Jenna had steeled herself for this . |
| 23 | She had never pictured herself like that before . |
| 24 | From the age of 22 she had cut herself on many occasions . |
| 25 | She , who had always prided herself on total moral and material independence . |
| 26 | Butler had also thrown herself into similar work in Liverpool in the 1860s , setting up an industrial home for working-class girls . |
| 27 | Yet Gemma had shown no more than a polite interest in Almsmead while Linnet , who was very dear but not Gemma , after all , had positively thrown herself into all the excitements of housebuilding and furnishing , taking to Far Flatley as if she had been born there . |
| 28 | She remembered how she had submerged herself in scented water every day and sometimes twice in the sticky summertime and never would again , until she grew up and had a bathroom of her own . |
| 29 | Indeed she did , for having sacrificed herself for this damnable dress material it was no more than commonsense to make certain that no part of it had been damaged or soiled , that she could go to Miss Dallam presently , when she found the strength to get up out of this bed and tidy her hair and her cuts and bruises , as if absolutely nothing had occurred . |
| 30 | She had delivered herself of this statement to Inspector Paul Lane , who was gently triumphant at what he had got . |