Example sentences of "[to-vb] herself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had not looked deliberately , not wanting to tempt herself with the sight of him . |
| 2 | She tried to find herself on the map , but the printed boulevards and blocks writhed whenever she looked up at the street , making new patterns . |
| 3 | Enticed by the exotic smells issuing from a nearby many-storeyed building , she crossed the threshold to find herself on the ground floor of a gourmet 's paradise . |
| 4 | Her smile , as she gazed into the camera , was wry and mocking , as though it amused her to find herself in the traditional pose of a mother . |
| 5 | For a fleeting instant she felt as though she had woken to find herself in the lair of a dangerous wild animal . |
| 6 | And when at last she fell asleep it was to find herself in the château , running endlessly through a labyrinth of rooms , searching for something that was always just beyond her reach . |
| 7 | Unsettled at having come halfway around the world to find herself in the same town at the same time as Vitor d'Arcos , she had skipped over any articles which mentioned him , but , on turning a page , had found an article which she could not ignore . |
| 8 | She frequently had to pinch herself with the absurdity of it all . |
| 9 | Pat found herself wondering whether to return to Purley , but decided after all to establish herself in the South West and spread the Medau message by taking up teaching again after her rather brief retirement . |
| 10 | With her hand on the iron banister , she started to pull herself towards the rooftops . |
| 11 | ‘ Of course not , ’ Flavia said , trying to pull herself into the present . |
| 12 | Of course this contributed to Britain 's ability to feed herself during the Napoleonic Wars , but in bad years , because of the lack of imported corn , most people could not afford bread . |
| 13 | Sassenach Lilly Meaham is so terrified of bagpipes she has to lock herself in the loo every Hogmanay . |
| 14 | Teri has given up going to New Year 's Eve parties after she had to lock herself in the kitchen with loads of middle aged ladies hammering on the door . |
| 15 | Her eyes were rolling with terror as she began to struggle to free herself from the tenacious , sucking mud — struggles that only served to hasten the process and cause her to sink at an even greater rate . |
| 16 | So after Doctor Who Carole Ann Ford deliberately immersed herself in theatrical parts to free herself from the stigma of Television , emerging only after a year to play the radically different role of a prostitute in ITV 's new Public Eye series . |
| 17 | She wanted only to rid herself of the blocks Ewan had inflicted on her and lose herself in a new future . |
| 18 | This , he told her , was Italy 's great chance , far greater than in '48 , to rid herself of the foreign oppressor and unite to form a great power . |
| 19 | It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family . |
| 20 | He looked like a figure gazing into the mouth of hell , and she shook her head to rid herself of the image . |
| 21 | To rid herself of the nightmare voice that for the first time had spoken clearly and terribly in the full rational light of day . |
| 22 | A previous landlady had tried to help herself to the orange juice to put in her gin . |
| 23 | She gave Victoria a banana whenever she saw her and would tell Melanie to help herself from the baskets of nuts . |
| 24 | She made a stab at a brittle laugh , trying to fit herself to the image of one of his sophisticated London women — a Wanda or Melissa who would hardly be embarrassed by such an admission . |
| 25 | Her voice died away as she resisted the urge to cross herself against the lie . |
| 26 | Unable to extricate herself despite the Soviet advance , Japanese troops stayed in Siberia after the remainder of the foreign contingent had been withdrawn , leaving only in 1922 . |
| 27 | Adeva needs to extricate herself from the hands of Smack Productions , hardly the dynamic force in garage music they once looked like they 'd become , in order to capitalise on what is still a growing surge of goodwill in America . |
| 28 | The way to Lavondyss was a short climb away , and all she needed was to resign herself to the journey , to abandon Scathach . |
| 29 | Mother looked at them , shook her head and sighed , then advising Etty to rinse herself with the warm water , she turned , stood up , and moved towards the door , unaware that her apron-strings were entangled with a handle of the zinc-tub … |
| 30 | Desperately trying to pull herself together , she strove to console herself with the thought that , if Ross could hardly remember their brief marriage , it was obviously going to make matters easier for them both during this hurried trip to America . |