Example sentences of "she [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 She busied herself with retrieving the carrier of wet clothes from the seat behind , desperate to end this short-lived but uniquely humiliating experience and yet finding that to end it here , like this , would be the final humiliation of all .
2 She cursed herself for spoiling the closeness between them .
3 She cursed herself for stating the obvious , wished she had taken more note of where they had brought her .
4 She contented herself with pulling the T-shirt down over her bare stomach .
5 So she contented herself with giving the reporter what he wanted .
6 She contented herself by having the official offer letter framed .
7 She occupied herself with studying a map on the opposite wall because she knew she would have to change trains at some point .
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