Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] herself with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorrel excelled herself with the meal , although her father never mentioned it . |
| 2 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
| 3 | After a few seconds of awkward introductions , Zohra excused herself with a promise to be down for cocoa at the usual time , then led Harry upstairs . |
| 4 | I myself saw a girl hang herself with a vine . ’ |
| 5 | About to batter the floor with her heel , Lissa stopped herself with a superhuman effort and held herself rigid . |
| 6 | This time instead of relying on her own memories stemming from her childhood centred around the home in Priesthouse Lane where she was born and still lives , Miss Rimmer armed herself with a tape recorder and interviewed the town 's oldest residents ranging in age from 70 to 99 . |
| 7 | Helen amused herself with the pretence that she always lived this way . |
| 8 | Silvia perched herself with a broad smile on the edge of the bed . |
| 9 | Shelley found herself with a woman whose slashed arm required urgent suturing . |
| 10 | Jessamy told herself with a dark frown . |
| 11 | Martina contented herself with a pot of tea , and held her cup with both hands , as girls are bound to do , the fingers spread for all the warmth . |
| 12 | She and her husband moved to Essex after the first of the three children was born , and have stayed in the same house since , Mary busying herself with a multitude of activities locally , and now caring for her husband since his stroke . |
| 13 | Embarrassed , Izzie busied herself with the bedmaking , putting up her hand repeatedly to keep in place the headscarf over her shaved head . |
| 14 | Sisterlike or not , Frau Nordern 's word was enough and Erika found herself with a glass of light Hungarian wine and enjoying it , too . |
| 15 | A YOUNG mother suffering from post-natal depression killed herself with an overdose of drugs after leaving her baby daughter alone in their home . |
| 16 | The effect is that the individual identifies herself with an existence which is imposed upon her . |
| 17 | If there were to be nightmares , she could not control that ; but she would not waste her waking time frightening herself with a terror which was past . |
| 18 | JENNY was waiting for her in the lounge of the Black Lion occupying herself with an evening newspaper . |
| 19 | Set the temperature to a degree or two higher than that of the maintenance tank and place the female in this set up for a time to associate herself with the layout and hiding places . |