Example sentences of "herself [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1945 Ramsey became its Secretary and because of her past experiences was able to throw herself wholeheartedly into the work . |
| 2 | Accepting enthusiastically the school 's principles of unsectarianism , coeducation up to the age of eleven , mixing middle- and artisan-class children , and making lessons short and pleasurable , she threw herself wholeheartedly into the teaching until forced to resign through ill health . |
| 3 | ‘ Mother of God in heaven , ’ Caterina muttered , ‘ I give up , ’ and she swung herself crossly onto the floor . |
| 4 | While he went in search of the water , she locked herself furiously in the bathroom to don a baggy navy and white striped T-shirt nightdress , and by the time he returned she was safely hidden underneath the printed white bedspread . |
| 5 | The woman had rubbed herself vigorously with the leaves , and presumably the man had been exposed to some of the plant 's irritant oil remaining on her body after washing . |
| 6 | Relaxed and without the miserable depression of the previous few evenings , Julia pulled herself out of the water , rubbed herself vigorously with the hard , thin towel Annunziata had left there for her and went to dress . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , of course , ’ Merrill smiled , settling herself luxuriously in the car . |
| 8 | She entered her life 's work full of joy at being allowed to give herself wholly to the Lord 's service . " |
| 9 | After Brunnhilde throws herself on to the pyre Valhalla comes to an end , to be replaced by a new era of human love . |
| 10 | The 63-year-old woman , named only as Christel R , threw herself on to the spinning blade at Beverungen , Germany . |
| 11 | Hussa arrived with her mother and while Shama eased herself on to the carpet and settled against a cushion , Hussa picked up one of the newspapers which a driver brought from the village each morning . |
| 12 | It was either that or dump herself on to the perch in a heap , having given up the struggle , and she was much too graceful and proud to let something as undignified as that happen . |
| 13 | A silence fell on the room , and its increasing heaviness made her heave herself up from the couch and take the three steps to throw herself on to the seat beside him ; and to put an arm around his shoulder and say , ‘ Come on , lad , come on . |
| 14 | Aggie pointed to the seat at the front of the cart , and immediately Millie had done so , she gripped the iron frame of the seat , heaved herself on to the first step , then , almost with a lunge , on to the seat ; but this time she did n't say , as she usually did , ‘ I 'm past this ; I 'll sit on the back in future and you 'll take him , ’ but she jerked the reins and put the pony into a trot . |
| 15 | Sobbing for breath , she lowered herself on to the ladder . |
| 16 | And finally as she hauled herself on to the ice-slick rock where the sun pulsed fire into her eyes , she saw |
| 17 | Léonie lowered herself on to the chair beside the bed , her magazine on her lap . |
| 18 | Then she threw herself on to the bed and stuck the pillow over her head , biting her teeth together , absolutely determined not to cry . |
| 19 | Alexandra dug her toes into fissures in the canyon wall and pulled herself on to the platform which was dry and flat and sloped slightly towards the sea . |
| 20 | But the corridor remained silent , and with a sob of despair she threw herself on to the bed and cried till her store of tears was used up . |
| 21 | Jamie 's prophetic words floated back to her and she flung herself on to the bed , staring at nothing , her body rigid with the tension of a woman in the grip of violent , unsated desire . |
| 22 | Miss Fergusson expressed herself forcibly on the subject of popular superstition and the responsibility of the clergy . |
| 23 | Miss Logan was angry and distressed at such Judas-like behaviour , and expressed herself forcibly on the subject to the Armenian priest , who nodded and offered to say prayers for Miss Fergusson . |
| 24 | She closed the door and dragged herself wearily up the stairs ; as she pushed open her bedroom door she screamed in fright when a dark figure materialised out of the gloom . |
| 25 | After that , she never washed in any water but cold water except when she could borrow a steaming kettle from her aunt in order to wash herself piecemeal in the kitchen or the cramped wash-basin in the bathroom . |
| 26 | She had been one of the founder members of the Institutional Management Association in Yorkshire and later involved herself additionally in the Hotel & Catering Institute and always kept in contact with the professional association throughout her career . |
| 27 | Feeling less athletic , in fact weak and drained all over , she lowered herself slowly into the cool water . |
| 28 | She eased herself slowly from the bed . |
| 29 | She paused , surprised by the wave of pain and nostalgia that passed through her at the mention of the name , leaving her weak and trembling ; as if the sights , sounds , smells , tastes , feelings , sufferings of years could be experienced again in a single spasm of sickening intensity : the cold cubicle , the rustle of habits and the squeaking of boots as the nuns filed into the chapel , the stink of stew in the refectory ; her first lesson , the children shaking their up-stretched hands , eager to please the new sister ; Hilda , dew-fresh in her white blouse and neatly-pressed gym-slip , shy and ardent in the back row ; Hilda and herself together in the copse , in the chapel , in the cloisters , praying , talking , joking , sharing secrets , confidences … |
| 30 | Sally was throwing herself all over the place and seemed to be enjoying it . |