Example sentences of "she [verb] [pn reflx] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going through to the kitchen , she made herself a hot drink , and carried it into the room where the fire was at last beginning to heat up the air a little . |
| 2 | Later she made herself a light salad for lunch and ate it on the terrace . |
| 3 | The last years of her life were divided between Bermuda and Plandome , Long Island , where she built herself an Italian-style villa and where she died 29 October 1924 . |
| 4 | At last , emerging into the street , she found herself a hundred yards behind John Harbour and Meredith . |
| 5 | Torn between tears and laughter , she found herself a clean dress and frilly hat in her locker and went into the showers . |
| 6 | She poured herself an uncustomary drink , and grimacing , swallowed it down in two gulps . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh bother ! ’ she allowed herself a wee expletive and reached for the telephone daintily with whitened fingers . |
| 8 | She took the men 's cheers as somehow directed at herself , at her person , not at the food alone , but unlike the chorus that might greet the appearance of some women of the town , they did not place her in danger , and she allowed herself a small smile in acknowledgement , and came forward to set the dish down . |
| 9 | She allowed herself a small smile . |
| 10 | She allowed herself a small smile . |
| 11 | She allowed herself a small smile , mostly because he 'd accepted her medical opinion but still had n't guessed she was a doctor . |
| 12 | She allowed herself a thin smile of triumph . |
| 13 | At this she cut herself a narrow wedge from the pie , and when her mother turned round from the oven and looked at her plate , she remarked , ‘ You wo n't get fat on that . |
| 14 | None the less , throughout the autumn and the cold winter that followed , those three hundred yards became three hundred years each and every time , the sign of her defeat , the sign of her capture — she felt herself a wild animal tamed and she devoted herself to Maggie with what appeared to be maternal passion mainly because she felt guilty at her lack of joy in it . |
| 15 | Where shall ye now get as much money as ye owe ? ’ , and when she was given forty pence she bought herself a furred cloak with it rather than paying off any of her debts . |
| 16 | It got to be hard to handle , so she bought herself a small file box and some packages of 2 × 3 cards . |
| 17 | She gave herself a critical glance , taking in the ankle-length , black lace gown with its full skirt , long , tapered sleeves and off-the-shoulder neckline . |
| 18 | But as she opened her mouth to suggest it , she gave herself a mental shake . |
| 19 | She gave herself a mental shake . |
| 20 | She gave herself a mental shake ; Marianne was simply like many other egocentric actresses she 'd met — interested more in herself than in anything else — but that did n't necessarily mean she was trying to shut Shannon out . |
| 21 | She gave herself a mental shake . |
| 22 | She gave herself a full minute to find her bearings in this mute kingdom , and her senses made the adjustment gratefully . |
| 23 | She gave herself a brisk shake . |
| 24 | She gave herself a little shake . |
| 25 | There was a time when she was interested in their politics , their science , their inventions , when she considered herself a small part of the great adventure , until one day the feeling was born in her that she did not belong among them . |