Example sentences of "and [verb] herself in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Loretta followed her into a spacious drawing-room , and seated herself in a chair to one side of the tiled fireplace , while Veronica took the chair opposite . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've got to have the right bloke mind , ’ Yanto smiled at her , as she stood up and shrouded herself in his blanket . |
| 3 | She wanted only to rid herself of the blocks Ewan had inflicted on her and lose herself in a new future . |
| 4 | She loved them , and she loved the work though it left her with little time for going out and enjoying herself in the evenings . |
| 5 | Finally she came up with a small hand mirror and inspected herself in it . |
| 6 | Seconds later she shoulder-charged the door , and found herself in an eerie moonlit room where she could distinguish nothing , except the deafening howls which seemed to reverberate off the walls . |
| 7 | She opened a door , and found herself in the Bacon room . |
| 8 | … and found herself in a part of the house she had never seen before . |
| 9 | She pushed open the only door , and found herself in a spacious but gloomy office . |
| 10 | She scuttled through the door and found herself in a long drawing-room choked with old-fashioned furniture . |
| 11 | Matilda went after her and found herself in what seemed to be a dark narrow tunnel . |
| 12 | Bernice followed him , and found herself in a square space behind the staircase . |
| 13 | When Liz Headleand woke on the first day of 1980 and found herself in bed with her husband , she remembered instantly the scene of the night before , and wondered how she could ever have been so upset by it . |
| 14 | The chief inspector climbed in over the sill , eased down the window and found herself in the hall . |
| 15 | At the corner , she swung round angrily , and found herself in his arms , held with insulting ease against the hard wall of his body . |
| 16 | She stepped through the doors , and found herself in total darkness . |
| 17 | But Folly found it all rather overwhelming , as if she had suddenly been spirited away by a magic carpet and found herself in some Sultan 's harem . |
| 18 | But instead of peace and solitude and a chance to get her emotions under control , she opened the door and found herself in the middle of a nightmare . |
| 19 | Here she went to the dressing table where she sat down and regarded herself in the mirror . |
| 20 | She took up the already damp towel and swathed herself in it . |
| 21 | All at once , Melanie was back home and swathing herself in diaphanous veiling before a mirror . |
| 22 | Maura pushed her way through the adults and stationed herself in the front room next to the table piled high with food . |
| 23 | Benny swallowed the barley sugar rather than be accused of eating sweets in the public view , and let herself in the back . |
| 24 | Charlotte climbed the stairs to her own room , and let herself in silently , with considerable doubts about her own situation . |
| 25 | Alone once more , she walked and walked , and when she became too hot to carry on , she swam again and dried herself in the sun . |
| 26 | Kathleen turned and studied herself in the mirror . |
| 27 | The lady smiled and sat down opposite the Wisharts , she carefully placed the wicker basket on the seat next to her , then folded her arms and composed herself in relaxation . |
| 28 | So , like Prince Charles and thousands of less well known amateur artists , Kylie now sits at her easel and loses herself in another world . |
| 29 | She looked into his dark eyes and submerged herself in the bliss of being flattered . |
| 30 | Quickly picking up the Efik language and immersing herself in work amongst the women , Mary applied for a remote station where she could live frugally and send more of her £60 salary to her family in Scotland . |