Example sentences of "[vb pp] herself [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was quite clear this time what the answer must be ; she 'd felt herself call the magic , felt it respond to her . |
| 2 | For a brief moment , she had seen herself raising the tiny silver gun and pulling the trigger , once and then again , the blood appearing like a diseased flower on Lewis 's soiled shirt . |
| 3 | However , that morning she had found herself preparing the children 's sandwiches for school — as she did each day — by buttering newspaper instead of the bread . |
| 4 | Ever since she had held the baby she had found herself treating the doll in the same way . |
| 5 | Cathy was pale and drawn and she looked tired-not , he thought , like a woman who , expecting the sack , had found herself owning the business . |
| 6 | ‘ I am in the pink , ’ said Dot , though she knew she was n't or she would n't have allowed herself to weep the day before . |