Example sentences of "herself for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was going to have him all to herself for at least three years , probably more like five , and a part of him for ever … ’ . |
| 2 | Her virtue is so important to her that she can more easily contemplate her brother sacrificing his life to save her virginity than that she might sacrifice herself for him . |
| 3 | Jay flayed herself for what now appeared gross and hasty : her need for real contact , skin to skin . |
| 4 | PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino of the Philippines is bracing herself for a legal battle over her decision not to allow the remains of the former president , Ferdinand Marcos , to be returned home from Hawaii for burial . |
| 5 | She hated herself for it , and went on and on , convinced that her only defence was to make Rachel throw her out again , and Rachel refused to be provoked . |
| 6 | Another part of Phoebe hated herself for this cynical internal grin , because these were her friends and she was indubitably one of them , and could not imagine being otherwise . |
| 7 | And St Margaret , her cheeks glowing with the realisation of her strength , the knowledge that she indeed held the great dragon at bay while this new young warrior prepared herself for combat , felt a moment of disappointment , anticipating a return to the boredom of heaven . |
| 8 | She almost offered herself for the fight , the surrogate , the already-victorious . |
| 9 | She was amused at herself for thinking of it , but saw , back in the bathroom , that Maggie appreciated the thought . |
| 10 | The films are always set against glamorous backgrounds , with Matthews offering herself for audience identification as the outsider trying to enter a world that seeks to exclude her . |
| 11 | Claudia Yeo nerved herself for a final effort . |
| 12 | She felt angry with herself for getting carried away by the ideas in her head , for turning her back on reality . |
| 13 | The woman who sells you a ticket at the bus office crosses herself for you as she makes it out . |
| 14 | She cursed herself for spoiling the closeness between them . |
| 15 | For one thing , she discovered that her conscience was at fault over Jewish persecution and she blamed herself for not coming out against such cruelty earlier . |
| 16 | It had none of the institutional smell Alida had prepared herself for . |
| 17 | Kathleen flushed and was angry with herself for it and for allowing her sister to get the better of her again . |
| 18 | Before his arrival she endeavoured to prepare herself for all exigencies , but this was difficult to do because she had no idea what sort of a man he was going to be . |
| 19 | Afterwards , Wilson could not forgive herself for endangering these beautifully laid plans . |
| 20 | A few yards on and she saw there was no answering wave and she faltered , uncertain if this was Ferdinando or some other lone horseman before whom she would make a fool of herself , but the closer he came the more sure she was that this was her husband and then she chided herself for thinking he had hands free to wave when one was needed for the reins and the other to hold the child . |
| 21 | Where Buxton 's second-round score , put together in the worst of the weather , was an 81 , McKay had another 80 in which she was left kicking herself for having chipped through the green at the 295-yard 14th on her way to a six . |
| 22 | ‘ Advice to Sophronia ’ describes the woman as a decayed beauty of fifty-five who ought to prepare herself for a ‘ Virgin Grave ’ . |
| 23 | A whisky glass , she noticed , and immediately chided herself for being unkind . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll never see my brother again , ’ she moaned , hating herself for sounding so foolish when her grief was so vast . |
| 25 | The psychologist worked on the assumption that Dawn should prepare herself for a life of dependency on others , so he did not try to motivate her towards self-sufficiency . |
| 26 | Biddy blamed herself for the crisis . |
| 27 | The child has learned that if she makes a nuisance of herself for long enough she will be rewarded . |
| 28 | She blamed herself for everything that had happened . |
| 29 | At this point she burst into tears and blamed herself for the break-up of their relationship . |
| 30 | She talked about her husband and seemed to blame herself for his leaving . |