Example sentences of "she [verb] [pn reflx] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then before she resumed her snail-slow progress back to bed she steeled herself to look in the mirror above the washbasin . |
| 2 | Then , at last feeling fairly safe , she allowed herself to sink into the nearest chair , totally drained by everything that had happened since she had woken up this morning . |
| 3 | For a fleeting second she allowed herself to revel in the unaccustomed feeling of having the upper hand over him . |
| 4 | She allowed herself to read for no more than half an hour a day . |
| 5 | It was n't until she was completely out of his sight that she allowed herself to break into a swift trot . |
| 6 | Only when Marianne swept from the room did she allow herself to collapse into a chair , closing her eyes and rubbing her fingers over her forehead . |
| 7 | She forced herself to listen to the service , the man 's responses firm and gruff , the girl 's scarcely audible . |
| 8 | She forced herself to go to the cinema knowing that otherwise she would grow increasingly depressed at home . |
| 9 | Wearily she forced herself to move through the Castle , and presently found the trapdoor . |
| 10 | She forced herself to keep on an even keel . |
| 11 | She forced herself to concentrate on the here and now . |
| 12 | For a time her emotions stopped her thinking clearly until she forced herself to concentrate on the problem logically . |
| 13 | Dragging about her every shred of the detachment she had learned over the years , she forced herself to concentrate on the immediate future . |
| 14 | At such moments it was difficult to remain calm , but she forced herself to concentrate on the figures until eventually the task was finished . |
| 15 | Yet it was only as she was getting Emily ready for school next morning that she forced herself to come to a decision . |
| 16 | At each end are two women : young one , lying on front and side , half-wrapped in her mantle as a blanket and beginning to pull it up on her shoulder as a dress while she lifts herself to look towards the centre ; and an old one with cropped hair , a slave , fully dressed , beginning to get to her knees . |