Example sentences of "[vb pp] herself " in BNC.
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| 31 | Some part of her still wanted to defend Luke Hunter , even though she was beginning to realise that he was far from being the man she thought she knew — the man she had let herself love . |
| 32 | In the elegant gilt mirror she caught a glimpse of her panic-stricken face , and her eyes flashed like bright , angry sapphires because she had let herself be manipulated like an ignorant country girl . |
| 33 | How could she have let herself be used by a man who held her in contempt ? |
| 34 | She could n't possibly have let herself get tangled up in the arms of Rourke Deveraugh , not in her wildest dreams . |
| 35 | How had she let herself be so deluded ? |
| 36 | It hurt very , very badly , but what hurt most was the awful feeling of having let herself down . |
| 37 | Just what had she let herself be talked into ? |
| 38 | Oh , how could she have let herself be so easily tricked , so eager to believe that he had changed ? |
| 39 | Arms she had n't let herself expect . |
| 40 | The question circling her head as she 'd climbed aboard the BA 747 that morning was why on earth had she let herself be talked into this ? |
| 41 | She had reminded herself that once or twice recently Miss Poraway had n't been able to come because of her nasal complaint , and Mrs Blackham , who was at least efficient , had taken her place . |
| 42 | Her elder daughter came in with roses in her cheeks where she had pinched herself , in order to give her swarthy complexion colour , as her mother had once shown her . |
| 43 | She has busied herself in the promotion of senior civil servants ( looking for people with energy and commitment ) and regularly badgered departments about progress on particular policies — ‘ like a dog after a bone ’ an adviser claims . |
| 44 | The pantry displays examples of all the home-made preserves the farmer 's wife would have busied herself with . |
| 45 | After what happened with Mortimer , she 'd voted herself off men for life . |
| 46 | She had curled herself up in a corner of the motorspeeder to get some rest , but there was too much adrenalin swimming aimlessly about her system and her eyes kept opening themselves . |
| 47 | When Maggie had perched herself on one she said , Does this mean I 'm being interviewed ? ’ |
| 48 | Describing herself as something of a ‘ social victim ’ , she has temporarily torn herself away from urban distractions in favour of time and space at a ‘ country abode ’ , where she is working on material for a second album , due in November . |
| 49 | When Donnington got home in that ridiculous Home Guard uniform of his and her daughter had torn herself away from those men , then all hell would break loose . |
| 50 | The other man had bumped into Sara , but in the confusion when Sara had torn herself away , Matthew had caught hold of Sara herself . |
| 51 | She asked for explanations which she received without comment , as if listening to someone who had just incriminated herself . |
| 52 | Miss Cress had left , smiling , had not committed herself , nor had she asked to use the bathroom . |
| 53 | In her silent way , she had committed herself entirely to a life for art 's sake . |
| 54 | It was Saturday , half over already , and that meant only three more entire days remained before Christmas Day , the coming Wednesday , when she had committed herself , she now feared rashly , to festivities with the Danbys . |
| 55 | Knowing only too well that she had committed herself , that she was in too deep now to change her story , she declared , ‘ It does n't make any difference whether you re-phrase the question or not , the answer 's still the same . ’ |
| 56 | She 'd committed herself to God 's ways , and to God 's people , and God directs her , and she comes to the field of Boaz And there was none more able to meet her need . |
| 57 | With his much-loved Francesca came her four younger brothers for whom , as the eldest child of a widow , she had always considered herself responsible . |
| 58 | At the same time , though , I can see Mother 's side of it , at least on this one point , for she has n't considered herself as being just a housekeeper all these years , she 's felt mistress of the place , and she 's going to miss it . ’ |
| 59 | It was an awkward relationship from the start : Jill had always considered herself her father 's favourite , and was naturally hurt to have her position usurped . |
| 60 | All during the night , over and over again , she had found it absurd that she 'd ever considered herself a happy woman . |