Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] herself with " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had not looked deliberately , not wanting to tempt herself with the sight of him . |
| 2 | Biting her lips , she turned away , pretending to busy herself with one of the other costumes . |
| 3 | True , she was going to leave herself with one very big headache with regard to her mortgage , but even that was not unsurmountable . |
| 4 | ‘ Who are we expecting , then ? ’ said Sally-Anne , who , like all good servants , was beginning to identify herself with her employers , and was one reason for her surprising success as a maid of all work . |
| 5 | But she bore the pain stoically , trying to comfort herself with the thought that Luke was unaccustomed to failure with women . |