Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] herself with the " 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 | Helen amused herself with the pretence that she always lived this way . |
| 4 | Embarrassed , Izzie busied herself with the bedmaking , putting up her hand repeatedly to keep in place the headscarf over her shaved head . |
| 5 | 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 . |