Example sentences of "not [verb] herself to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would not lower herself to the level he clearly thought suited her . |
| 2 | ‘ Yeah — Mum , I told you , did n't I — ’ Cal suddenly got excited — ‘ it 's because Bina 's not allowing herself to be what she ought to be ! |
| 3 | She examined the cat slowly and carefully , not allowing herself to be distracted by the thought of Mr Miller waiting irritably for the vaccination cards or her future appointment with Dawn . |
| 4 | She would not explain herself to Luke Scott , because to do so would mean he mattered to her , and to let him matter in even the smallest way was to make herself vulnerable — to let him in at some level , and she had an intuitive sense of the havoc he could wreak once admitted to the number of those people who mattered in her life in their various ways . |
| 5 | Greta Burkill did not confine herself to looking after his education , but fought for him to spend a summer with his parents in Venezuela — a country not keen to grant visitors ' visas to Jews at that time . |
| 6 | Kate was a woman in every sense of the word , and she was a woman who would not give herself to a man lightly . |
| 7 | ‘ A woman of taste , like yourself , does not give herself to just anyone , is n't that right ? ’ |
| 8 | Something was wrong ; she should have listened to her instincts , not allowed herself to be lulled into a false security by the normal appearance of the flat . |
| 9 | She accepted it as a convenience , like an improved system of telephones ; she did not dedicate herself to it as the expression of a moral idea of comradeship and equality , the avowal of which could leave nothing the same . |
| 10 | Travis was impatient to get on , but Paige was in a Libran mood , depressed and bloody-minded enough not to allow herself to be chivvied before she was ready . |
| 11 | It must be observed that the point of the mother 's stories was not that Daphne should embrace her sister shepherdesses in a sapphic idyll , but , very simply , that she should not allow herself to be seduced . |
| 12 | The old lady who dare not allow herself to be more than a few yards from the toilet or the old man whose underclothes are frequently wet with urine , may often react by limitation of social life and consequent days of isolation and low morale … |
| 13 | It was a formidable list and by now Mrs Phelps was filled with wonder and excitement , but it was probably a good thing that she did not allow herself to be completely carried away by it all . |
| 14 | She would not allow herself to be pulled inexorably towards some unknown destiny that he had in mind . |
| 15 | she never married and unlike her contemporary female Slade Students , Edna Waugh , Gwendoline Salmond , Ursula Tyrwhitt and Ida Nettleship , she did not allow herself to be distracted fro her career by emotional or domestic concerns . |
| 16 | I had never heard of river engineers until one morning a very harassed engineer rang to ask me to persuade the lady in question not to tie herself to the ancient pollard which he intended to fell . |
| 17 | She could n't give herself to Ahmed and could n't keep herself for me , you understand . ’ |
| 18 | P.S. I would like for Monica Seles ' fans to know that there 's nothing personal in my mentioning her , but given the circumstances I think I am right in using her as she did n't commit herself to the Tour Events much last year . |
| 19 | Paula , 35 , did n't allow herself to be hemmed in by the dearth of mini-skirts on offer at the show in the Victoria and Albert museum . |
| 20 | No , she would n't allow herself to be rejected by him . |
| 21 | Outside the Press cameras assaulted her senses with the battery of flashes , but she did n't allow herself to be flustered . |
| 22 | She must n't allow herself to be swayed by emotion . |