Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she lives on her own and poor health has robbed her of a normal social life , it is to be expected that her loneliness may have created such a build-up of unexpressed thoughts , feelings and opinions that she may need to talk herself to a standstill before she is ready to converse with you , and interest herself in anything you have to say . |
| 2 | She must have thrown herself down the stairs ! |
| 3 | Maybe , she thought with an acrobatic leap of logic , this was by way of telling her that she should start acclimatising herself to her old way of life , because that was where she would be in less than two days ' time . |
| 4 | — as she might have said herself at the time ) . |
| 5 | It was as much as she could do to restrain herself from rushing forward to grasp his hand in a gesture of sympathy and solidarity . |
| 6 | She was off-balance — nothing she could do to prevent herself from turning towards him as his grip pulled her in . |
| 7 | She wondered how long she would have to keep it up before she could stop convicting herself of hypocrisy . |
| 8 | She could have kicked herself for the remark , for allowing Piers to see how much he got underneath her skin , but she could n't prevent herself . |
| 9 | Her hands were actually shaking and she would not have believed she could have got herself into this sort of state so quickly . |
| 10 | The complex , serpentine weaving of colours emphasised his impressive shoulders , and in faded old Levis and scuffed desert boots he looked so wonderful as he lounged on the sofa that she could have thrown herself in his arms there and then . |
| 11 | She would have given herself to a man for whom she was nothing but another short-term conquest , and in a year , or six months , or however long it took him to tire of her , she would have found herself alone again . |
| 12 | If Jane Leeson had been a woman to examine her motives she would have absolved herself from any accusation of spite . |
| 13 | But if I am to believe that , when the Minister replies to the debate she will have to commit herself to two very simple propositions : first , that the Government will institute a full review of student financial support as a matter of urgency ; secondly , that they will commit themselves to restoring to all students the housing benefit and income support that the Government have taken away from them . |