Example sentences of "[to-vb] herself in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which is how she came to find herself in such an embarrassing position . |
| 2 | But from those earliest days , she had n't believed in the Church at all ; not one scrap , not one iota , and this was why she 'd been so surprised to discover herself in such a place only the previous morning . |
| 3 | All she had to do was steel herself to get through the forthcoming weeks until he returned to Hong Kong and she was left to immerse herself in this new job in peace , free of the distraction he constituted . |
| 4 | During the Cultural Revolution , for example , a woman could be severely beaten for attempting to adorn herself in any way and ‘ running after bourgeois ways ’ . |
| 5 | Anne knew Nina could easily find a place to kill herself in private . |
| 6 | And while other girls in a similar position might dream of actually being in his arms one day , Belinda was far too level-headed to fool herself in such a way . |
| 7 | Shirley Archer 's list of statements illustrates the working-class stress on domesticity : here it is contrasted with Elizabeth Gould 's more typically middle-class capacity to see herself in other terms : |
| 8 | ‘ That Connie Dean 's going to land herself in big trouble if she does n't finish with that man . |
| 9 | Despite the time of year she intended to dress herself in mauve silk , a coat and skirt faced with regal purple and embellished with a cream lace jabot . |
| 10 | She has had to work really hard to maintain herself in recent times . |
| 11 | She wished to offer herself in complete love , without demanding in return any limit to his interest in other people . |
| 12 | Luisella had also been the child of a successful businessman , owner of one of the most important chemist 's shops in Treviso , and she too had had brothers who had dominated her childhood , driving her to defend herself in unorthodox ways . |