Example sentences of "herself [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ace switched on the spacewalk jets and launched herself through the widening yawn of the doors . |
| 2 | The doorbell pealed and Julia shot upstairs from the basement , flung herself through the green baize door and then walked slowly and decorously across the black and white tiled hall . |
| 3 | Shirley Eaton looked fetching in her nurse 's uniform and a young probationer nurse was laying the tracks for a totally new profession for herself as the overemotional wallflower among the blossoming beauties of the hospital . |
| 4 | Describing herself as the unrepentant collector , Mrs. Vernon Smith showed a variety of garments and artefacts . |
| 5 | CATHERINE Zeta Jones sees herself as the new Barbra Streisand . |
| 6 | This interviewer sees himself or herself as the natural successor to Sir Robin Day . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | While she stood staring at it , breathing heavily and conscious that if anyone had made a fool of herself during the past few minutes it was Melissa Craig , the phone began to ring again . |
| 9 | Precisely because the Church mistakes herself for the present form of the Kingdom , God 's rule has often had to manifest itself in the secular world outside , and frequently against , the Church ’ ( Pannenberg 1975:78 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Please help me out of my problems , Mr Croydon , ’ she said softly , despising herself for the wheedling tone in her voice . |
| 11 | She rested her chin on her knees , preparing herself for the long wait . |
| 12 | She mentally steeled herself for the long evening ahead , but , as it turned out , it was n't nearly as long as she had anticipated because towards the end of the evening she heard a sharp knocking on the door , and opened it to find André standing outside , a huge bunch of flowers in his arms . |
| 13 | He dipped towards her , and she tried again to free herself , but the more she struggled , the more his fingers tightened their hold on the back of her neck , and she closed her eyes helplessly , steeling herself for the marauding touch of his mouth . |
| 14 | Kate was quite unable to offer any more resistance , in fact was so busy mentally castigating herself for the happy daydreams she had had while dancing with Ace that Dara had little need of her determination to take control of the rest of the evening . |
| 15 | But a dull flush was creeping up her neck , and colouring her cheeks , and she felt furious with herself for the tell-tale signs of insecurity , for the ease with which the other girl had succeeded in humiliating her … |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Time and again she told herself she was fortunate to see the back of him , so often she reminded herself of the despicable way he had behaved . |
| 18 | For days afterwards , she could n't rid herself of the guilty feeling that , somehow , she had brought the attack upon herself . |
| 19 | This perhaps supports the criticism that the Queen 's advisers should not have allowed her to be urged into an immediate invitation to Lord Home and that she should have taken at least a little time fully to apprise herself of the changing political situation and of the views of the Conservative leadership , as it was then emerging . |
| 20 | She could control that by reminding herself of the terrible consequences it had led to the first time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She removed the clinging pink sweater , made famous by the Hollywood Oomph Girl , Lana Turner but which made Sylvia look the part of a streetwalker , and stripped herself of the gaudy , lace-edged cami-knickers she wore beneath . |
| 23 | During this interlude , Charlotte reminded herself of the different bluffs and deceptions each was practising . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She was never told by the London office or by Mary herself of the important part that Miss Read had played in the Tiller story . |
| 26 | She 'd flattened herself against the outside wall like someone in a spy movie . |
| 27 | Then she mentally gave herself a shake — steeling herself against the creeping rush of longing . |
| 28 | Robbie screamed and flung herself against the protective width of Fen 's chest . |
| 29 | Julie rolled over , finally propping herself against the back door , touching the bolts there to reassure herself that it was locked . |
| 30 | Franca turned , bracing herself against the old unthinking uninformed wave of pleasure which , urging her towards him , almost lifted her off her feet . |