Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd already got herself into all sorts of trouble listening to other people 's opinions , and she was n't going to make that mistake again . |
| 2 | Suppressing a sigh , she surveyed the map of Copenhagen with which she 'd already armed herself before leaving England , refreshing her memory as to the location of the street where Suzie 's presence had last been authenticated . |
| 3 | She relived that moment when he 'd reached to click off the bedside light , and those cool blue rays had stolen silently into the room , highlighting the unfamiliar ecstasy she 'd somehow denied herself until now … |
| 4 | It amazed her that she 'd ever believed herself in love with him , that she 'd deluded herself into seeing his arrogance and his egotism as positive qualities . |
| 5 | She 'd always prided herself on her inner strength . |
| 6 | In truth , she 'd never reacted to male advances with such venom before — in fact she 'd always prided herself on being able to stay cool . |
| 7 | This weekend she had finally braced herself to the course of obtruding the existence of Len into the house . |
| 8 | I must admit , I ca n't claim it was love at first sight , but within a couple of hours she had firmly established herself in my affections , ’ laughed Delia . |
| 9 | Perhaps she had already compromised herself beyond recall by accepting the invitation . |
| 10 | She had already found herself in isolation over progress to monetary union and the endorsement of a social charter of workers ' rights , and it became clear that the new European Community order would be built on an even closer alliance of France and West Germany . |
| 11 | In Faye 's first painting , she had turned out so wraithlike and ethereal that she had secretly weighed herself on Faye 's bathroom scales to make sure she still came in at fifty-three kilograms . |
| 12 | She had somehow trained herself by now to block her ears to the ghastly sound of the dreaded box . |
| 13 | She set off towards what she imagined was the outer door , intending to walk in the open , but in a moment she had somehow lost herself in the maze of corridors . |
| 14 | She had somehow identified herself with the Tremayne household . |
| 15 | She had actually defended herself against Margaret Lacey , the school bully , and she had won . |
| 16 | Victoria was more intelligent than most of them but typical in that she had conscientiously allowed herself to be educated without imagining any particular use for her good and well-trained mind . |
| 17 | She had almost forgotten herself by walking to the big front door , and giggled inwardly at the shock that she would have given Mrs Parker if she had done so . |
| 18 | A bit of romanticism his mistress might have abhorred , Ruth suspected , as she had hardly enamoured herself with the locals , nor they with her . |
| 19 | She had hardly settled herself against the pillows and let her thickened lids slide back over her aching eyeballs when she heard a knock on the door . |
| 20 | She had never regarded herself as a very organised person , and did n't even consider she had a routine ; but when George retired , realised that she did have a kind of pattern . |
| 21 | She had never pictured herself like that before . |
| 22 | She had never convinced herself of the reality of her pregnancy , she had never done anything about it . |
| 23 | She had never thought herself as part of a mass called American girls . |
| 24 | She was a grown woman and she had always prided herself on her common sense , but all the same … |
| 25 | She had always prided herself on her resoluteness and fortitude but there was one fear she had never managed to conquer — a fear of rats which dated back to an incident when she was three years old . |
| 26 | She had always prided herself on her calm , her coolness under pressure , yet twenty minutes of Luke Calder 's company and she was ready to act like a harpy ! |
| 27 | She had always prided herself on her tolerance and open-mindedness — how dared he call her bigoted ? |
| 28 | This clearly symbolised Russia 's new strength and the international position to which she had now raised herself with spectacular speed . |
| 29 | Even though the arrangements made by London had gone wrong , she had still found herself in a position to fight the Nazis . |
| 30 | She wanted only to rid herself of the blocks Ewan had inflicted on her and lose herself in a new future . |