Example sentences of "and [vb base] herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was her sole reason for getting up at all , the only incentive to clothe and feed herself and drag herself from her bedroom where she would much prefer to stay . |
| 2 | Martha , the nurse on duty , proved to be a real dog-lover and insisted that Zephyr could go of her lead and make herself at home . |
| 3 | She wanted only to rid herself of the blocks Ewan had inflicted on her and lose herself in a new future . |
| 4 | Suddenly a wave of total panic swept across her like nausea and she had to resist the urge to dash from the car and hide herself among the trees . |
| 5 | She took a taxi to the family home in Surry Hills and let herself into the house which was unoccupied . |
| 6 | He stayed beside the car as she crossed the narrow pavement , but the shadowed gaze followed her as she shakily climbed the steps to the door of the house , slid her key into the lock with a trembling hand and let herself into the hallway . |
| 7 | In fact , she thought , as she made her way through a section of the shop-floor and let herself into the occupational health centre , she did n't even know his name . |
| 8 | She had time only to park her car and let herself into her flat before he arrived . |
| 9 | Benny swallowed the barley sugar rather than be accused of eating sweets in the public view , and let herself in the back . |
| 10 | Charlotte climbed the stairs to her own room , and let herself in silently , with considerable doubts about her own situation . |
| 11 | Some geldings will ‘ tease ’ mares , and so can be a danger if on the other side of a wire fence , as a mare may strike out or kick at the gelding and injure herself in the fence . |
| 12 | As a child the continuous moves had taught Eva to leave behind the place they had been and give herself to the new . |
| 13 | Now here was this gifted sister , who had so many opportunities that he had been denied , apparently threatening to throw them all down the drain , and bury herself in some backwater in Africa . |
| 14 | One woman derelict told her that after living with three husbands for twenty-five years she had decided to give them up and devote herself to the task of viewing the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the British Isles . |
| 15 | Janice plans to stay at home and devote herself to looking after me and Kirsty . ’ |
| 16 | When she got to the top of the staircase and Mr Browning had gone back inside his apartment , she suddenly felt so ill she had to sit down on the stone step and compose herself before going on . |
| 17 | We keep an extra cover at the end of the bed , and she would pull that off and wrap herself in it . |
| 18 | ’ It might be worth it ’ she yelled , and fling herself into another flouncing departure for her cabin . |
| 19 | He 'd hoped that it meant no more than that she was growing up and had become aware of herself as a young woman ; that as a consequence it was not quite the done thing for her to rush across a room and hug him like a kid sister , or trip him up in the haybarn and fling herself on top of him like a puppy spoiling for a game . |
| 20 | Paige ground her teeth , very nearly tempted to behave in an unladylike way and fling herself across the table and scratch his eyes out — anything to stop their icy mockery . |
| 21 | To open a white painted door , its handle and finger plate of white porcelain rimmed in gold and painted with fat roses , and find herself in a low warm room where every surface was cushioned and padded , designed for comfort , was a revelation indeed . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't you have a lovely house ! ’ she would say wistfully and Annabel Hogan would smile , pleased , and congratulate herself on having brought these two together . |
| 23 | It was here that Sybil decided to give up acting altogether and dedicate herself to Richard 's career and the eagerly expected family . |
| 24 | Prussia 's attempt in 1850 to capitalize on Austrian weakness and turn herself into the pre-eminent power in Germany came to nothing when the Austrians made plain that they had recovered their nerve and were prepared to go to war on the matter . |
| 25 | They could all go hang ; she 'd switch them off and go and submerge herself in the bath for half an hour . |
| 26 | I spoke to her , telling her to do as we had earlier discussed and detach herself from the scene so that she could see it and tell me about it but could not feel any distress , whether mental , physical or emotional . |
| 27 | As he crept in through the scullery window she would leap from her bedroom and conceal herself in the nettles , unconscious of the pain . |
| 28 | Josh Thayer 's warm brown eyes swam before her , and for a moment she wished she could simply find him and throw herself into his comforting arms . |
| 29 | Perhaps a little fantasy was just what she needed , she decided , mentally preparing to suspend disbelief and abandon herself to whatever awaited her . |
| 30 | Charlotte was glad of the excuse to leave him and busy herself in the kitchen . |