Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] herself to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again , Steffi Graf has shown herself to be the best player in the world by far — in more than one sense . |
| 2 | In my judgment she remains capable as she has demonstrated herself to be capable of renouncing the tenets of the faith to suit her own chosen way of life . |
| 3 | For the past five years she has devoted herself to the United Nations Children 's Fund and became its ambassador in an effort to help the world 's sick and starving children . |
| 4 | ‘ She has proved herself to me a mere Jilt ’ , he told his diary . |
| 5 | Mrs Tholen , who went on to specialise in theatre work , has proved herself to be the gardener of the family despite her husband 's success with carnations carefully nurturing the acre of gardens in which their four-bedroomed detached home is set . |
| 6 | bakery student , Pound Lane has proved herself to be an outstanding baker . |
| 7 | Sally-Ann , unlike Rosemary , finds it a struggle and bitterly hurtful to dredge up her dreadful past — like Rosemary she has believed herself to be a doormat in society ; like Rosemary she has not known a childhood . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're hardly a teenager who has to explain herself to her mother . ’ |
| 9 | She 's made just a handful of films in the last 20 years , but the actress says she does n't miss the silver screen — she prefers to dedicate herself to children 's charity work instead |
| 10 | The ‘ postface ’ is both a po-faced stoicism when confronted with male egotism and the face of ‘ mimagreement ’ ( 14 ) whereby Mira pretends to allow herself to be amalgamated to Willy . |
| 11 | If she wishes to attach herself to the scare , I am delighted . |