Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mother may feel that her role in the family is cook and food-giver : she may identify herself as a good mother and wife if she continually feeds her family . |
| 2 | She can not afford to make a mistake so she must leave herself to the administrations of Lady G , June 's of Hamilton or Gina Smart in Ayr . |
| 3 | In this new life which had been thrust upon her , she felt that she must surround herself with a little group of servants whom she knew to be loyal to her . |
| 4 | She must hone herself into the likeness of her beloved stiletto . |
| 5 | When a woman has finished her menstrual period and has counted seven days when no fresh bleeding has been apparent , she must immerse herself in a mikva before sexual relations with her husband can resume . |
| 6 | She had n't eaten the spinach , and in doing so created a martyrdom ; now she must restrain herself from the agonizing satisfaction of telling Maman all the truth , thus getting Aunt Tossie into dreadful trouble . |
| 7 | He put on his shirt and suggested she should wash herself at the sink . |
| 8 | She wants her image ‘ sorted out ’ before she signs a deal to prevent any manipulation , to ensure no one tells her how she should present herself to the record-buying public . |
| 9 | Though she tried as faithfully as she might to devote herself to the needs of this rude community , she knew that she was not greatly liked and the knowledge injured her . |
| 10 | I despised myself anyway , haunted by things as superficial as a way of moving , a combination of colour and shape , an asymmetrical smile , the chance attributes of someone who holds herself so cheap she 'll squander herself on a man as truly valueless as Florian Jones , and ignore both his marriage and his other affairs . |
| 11 | A cell awaited her , and certain death — unless she could throw herself on the Queen 's mercy . |
| 12 | She could busy herself in the garden till then . |
| 13 | She could lose herself in a place like this ; if not in the valley itself , then in some other part of the region . |
| 14 | As she danced she could lose herself in the movement . |
| 15 | He had the passenger door open before she could free herself from the seatbelt . |
| 16 | Still , she could console herself with the knowledge that Luke , and all his complexities , would n't be impinging upon her life for much longer . |
| 17 | She tended to be over-indulgent with Victoria , partly because she could see herself in the child and partly too , in some perverse fashion , to make up for what she considered to be her own harsh upbringing under Jonadab 's strict rules . |
| 18 | Then her subtly coloured eyelids swept shut , blindness an instinctive need , as if by shutting Luke out of her vision she could barricade herself against the swoop of his mouth . |
| 19 | Just ge go anywhere sh I 'm sure she 'd entertain herself at the shops , she 'd be quite happy |
| 20 | Donna was n't sure whether it was perspiration or if she 'd wet herself in the hectic chase . |
| 21 | It had been a silly , spur-of-the-moment impulse to deny it , but by lying to him she 'd put herself in an invidious position . |
| 22 | Sometimes , he knew , she would bruise herself with a rock to get morph-plus out of him . |
| 23 | Art History as a subject was not yet available at Cambridge : she would attach herself to the Courtauld Institute . |
| 24 | She would represent herself as an angel of light and make her kind master and benefactor a devil incarnate . |
| 25 | She would let herself into the flat and be waiting for Rachaela behind her screen . |
| 26 | In another moment she would find herself on the other side of the door , facing disaster . |
| 27 | She could not have guessed how much she would enjoy herself with a stranger , how completely this woman was in sympathy with her , could not have hoped for a new friend to come out , at this stage in her life , and give her so much pleasure . |
| 28 | ‘ All the people in this valley is descended from four brothers from Scotland called Leekie , ’ Nana sat heavily down on the upright rush-seated chair which was the most she would permit herself in the way of comfort , and began the tale as Martha had always heard her tell it . |
| 29 | She would confine herself to the final phase of Marie 's life . |
| 30 | On top of that she will find herself in a different group for pensions and income tax . |