Example sentences of "herself [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It excited her and she promised herself that one day she would unravel the mystery . |
| 2 | She reminded herself that one day it would be hers and Andrew 's . |
| 3 | She lay sleepless for so long — trying to get a grip on the situation , convincing herself that one kiss , one evening that held all the trimmings of romance had no real value — that she awoke late . |
| 4 | With what remained of her objective consciousness Louisa strove to tell herself that this encounter was not of her reality , not of her willing … but even as she struggled she felt herself drawn under the influence of a mind at once alien and familiar — a mind resolute to lacerate its own fine sensibility , and with a perverse , intellectual sang-froid . |
| 5 | At last she could admit honestly to herself that some part of her had been waiting all evening for this moment when her own self-imposed barriers would be swept away . |
| 6 | She could n't allow herself that brief moment of hope , only to find herself right back where she had started . |
| 7 | At the Colony Room she herself provided dramatic focus for , perched perennially on a bar stool , she was given to unrelenting abuse . |
| 8 | The defence claimed Mrs Armstrong could have taken the poison herself and committed suicide . |
| 9 | ( a ) Is the wife entitled to have the house conveyed/transferred to herself and new husband ? |
| 10 | Sheila Batey , from Wisbech , Cambridgeshire , now faces legal demands totalling £14,000 from the finance company involved in the deal between herself and Classic Video . |
| 11 | All except herself and Sexy Lexy … |
| 12 | Those two opposite and unmixable elements , that separately ruled herself and this man , were mixed now and flooding through her veins . |
| 13 | Claudia opened her mouth to say she would call a taxi for herself but one look at the gleam in Roman 's amber eyes changed her mind . |
| 14 | In the final analysis , every person has to motivate him or herself but high profile leadership can release energies and aspirations which we did n't know we possessed . |
| 15 | In the past she has often been the butt of uncomplimentary remarks herself but this time it is not her performance which should be belittled . |
| 16 | About twice a day , she 'd ask herself whether this move had been right for him . |
| 17 | Was Japan recognizing herself as one country among many , balancing domestic priorities and concerns against the demands of the broader international order , opening up and adjusting her internal arrangements to effect a more cosmopolitan perspective ? |
| 18 | Ruza Glavas , who was mourning a victim of war , became a target herself as six mortar bombs rained down on a Sarajevo cemetery . |
| 19 | Offering up a quick prayer that she would n't bump into any of the other cast members en route , she slipped into the corridor and made her way to Dane 's room , pausing at his door to steel herself as another onrush of nerves all but paralysed her . |