Example sentences of "she had [verb] [to-vb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only reason she had decided to put herself through all this with him was because she had a point to prove — a professional point . |
| 2 | Jane eyed her slim figure enviously , dreading the evening ahead , certain now that the old Frank Usher dress she had decided to squeeze herself into was going to look absurd . |
| 3 | How dare she expect up-to-the-minute information when she had decided to remove herself from the scene ? |
| 4 | For a fleeting instant she felt as though she had woken to find herself in the lair of a dangerous wild animal . |
| 5 | She had had to wean herself off the dope over a period of years , and still felt the occasional urge for a H-9 hit . |
| 6 | And if , at first , she had had to remind herself to be careful not to be found out , deceit was becoming second nature to her . |
| 7 | She seemed not to realize that she had come to regard herself as a prisoner ; a hostage perhaps , engaged in some frightening psychological duel . |
| 8 | Even though she had tried to prepare herself for the possibility , the sense of shock hit her like a physical pain . |
| 9 | She had tried to disembarrass herself of her virginity , and had been certain , once she started ‘ going steady ’ with Sebastian , that this would be accomplished . |
| 10 | She had meant to confine herself to the unwelcome proposal of marriage from Manfro Draper , but somehow she found herself telling her listeners all about her mother and father . |
| 11 | She had managed to squeeze herself into such a small space in the saddle that there was practically room left for two men . |