Example sentences of "she [adv] [verb] [to-vb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Carssier thirty two insisted she only tried to defend herself after Rosemary repeatedly punched her ! |
| 2 | She once tried to draw herself at school ‘ when I was obsessed with the dark circles under my eyes . |
| 3 | Also she still hoped to rid herself of her burden , which had persisted in her despite Paul 's nightly penetrations and her own constant daily walking , as if that would shed it ; walking , as now , with the almost waddling gait of a heavily pregnant woman . |
| 4 | Did she really want to believe herself in love with a man like that ? |
| 5 | She frequently had to pinch herself with the absurdity of it all . |
| 6 | Mrs Dyer was lodged in Reading Gaol , where she made two abortive attempts at suicide , the first with a pair of scissors with which she tried to stab herself ; thwarted , she then tried to strangle herself with her boot laces , with no greater success . |
| 7 | He knew his Val : he had watched her honourably try to prevent herself from adding that last remark . |