Example sentences of "herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a couple of minutes Phoebe recovered her breath ; she pushed herself off the wall with her hands and went through the stairwell doorway into the green-painted corridor . |
| 2 | But she was trying to wean herself off them and to give in now would be to acknowledge the potency of the nightmare . |
| 3 | With all her strength Benny Hogan launched herself off the wall down on Maire Carroll . |
| 4 | After the receptionist picked herself off the floor she told me I had better call in the fire brigade . ’ |
| 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 | Dolly made herself heard again , having swung herself off the bed to hop to the door of the bedroom . |
| 7 | Did n't want her to chuck herself off a bridge , so I 've let her have one of my rooms . ’ |
| 8 | She swung herself off the couch . |
| 9 | She danced on , oblivious , then he must have said something , and she danced seductively , fluidly , to the edge of the roof , hips moving slow , a big smile on her face as she looked down at Lewis , then she threw herself off the roof . |
| 10 | She swung herself off the bed and padded , naked , across to the wardrobe , hesitating there for a second . |
| 11 | She threw herself off the bed and hauled the first outfit that came to hand from the wardrobe . |
| 12 | She launched herself off the chair and I was thinking oh yes , this is it , come to me you gorgeous creature . |
| 13 | Mary Bunn , hitting the keys harder and harder for Jesus , lifted herself off the stool and brought her bum down with a crash as she laid down chord after chord . |
| 14 | To the crowd 's consternation , Eve , dropping her red cloak , had hurled herself off the front of the cart and was pushing through the crowd , quite plainly a boy in breeches , shirt and felt boots . |
| 15 | After what happened with Mortimer , she 'd voted herself off men for life . |
| 16 | Eventually this dear girl gets herself off the cash desk right and where does she find them ? |
| 17 | She put herself through many risky experiences on the road , along with some vigorous political activity . |
| 18 | Then crouching low , she squeezed herself through the hens ' low archway , and into the dark warm gloom of their hut . |
| 19 | He was followed by a head and a paw as the now enraged Rosie attempted to squeeze herself through the same opening . |
| 20 | Panting , heart pounding , he stood back from the door and waited , safe in the knowledge that the dog was too big to squeeze herself through the gap allowed by the safety-chain . |
| 21 | Without communicating criticism , David was able to convey to Julia something which helped her to see herself through the eyes of others . |
| 22 | Betty , suspect , generates a larger than average amount of her own static electricity aggravated by pushing the carriage to and fro and she has begun to discharge herself through the machine . |
| 23 | Picture her , Tabitha Jute : not as the net media show her , heroine of hyperspace , capable , canny and cosmetically enhanced , smiling confidently as she reaches with one hand for the spangled mist of the Milky Way ; but a small , weary young woman in a cracked foil jacket and oil-stained trousers , determinedly elbowing herself through an exuberant Schiaparelli crowd . |
| 24 | There is also the problem of repairs and maintenance of the property , which a woman may well not be able to afford , or be able to do herself through lack of experience or time . |
| 25 | She launched herself through the doorway and was safely behind the skip by the time the first bullets rattled against it . |
| 26 | This may have been one way in which a girl could emulate the " lad o' pairts " and improve herself through education . |
| 27 | Ace switched on the spacewalk jets and launched herself through the widening yawn of the doors . |
| 28 | She abandoned the tricksy paths , forcing herself through a tunnel between purple rhododendrons , trying not to leave footprints on the soil . |
| 29 | Laura was not tough , but possessed a strong character and would see this sort of action not as a sacrifice , but as an act of fulfilment , she was able to project herself through her husband . |
| 30 | He watched with the direst of misgivings as Cleo began slapping a path for herself through the wilderness ahead . |