Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] herself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She clipped the long , dark swathes of her hair back from her face with a couple of combs ; then she slowly walked over and looked at herself in the mirror . |
| 32 | Rhoda looked at herself in the mirror and said , ‘ I do n't see much wrong with me . |
| 33 | She looked at herself in the mirror . |
| 34 | She got up shortly after , and looked at herself in the mirror . |
| 35 | Which controversial Conservative MP appeared as herself in the TV series News Hounds ? |
| 36 | she were talking to herself in the end ! |
| 37 | ‘ There the beastly thing goes again ! ’ she grumbled under her breath , grimacing at herself in the mirror as she caught the faint hum and slight clattering sound from the living-room , where the machine was clearly spewing forth yet more reams of urgent letters and company reports from all over the world . |
| 38 | Sitting by herself in the kitchen with coffee , looking at the golden forsythia she was aglow with health , energy , accomplishment . |
| 39 | She hated their untidy house and noisy children , and preferred playing by herself in the garden . |
| 40 | Daisy gazed at herself in the mirror . |
| 41 | In her bedroom , Honor gazed at herself in the cracked mirror , a sense of hopelessness bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 42 | Rose never interested in clothes before , tried the lot on and beamed at herself in the long mirror . |
| 43 | She knew that she was always quietly satisfied to have him in the cottage , to hear his footfalls on the floor above , to share with him the meal she had cooked for herself at the end of the day . |
| 44 | She said , ‘ I expect it 'll be something you 'll remember and treasure for the rest of your lives , ’ and Carrie was pleased because she sounded like herself for the first time that day . |
| 45 | Annie recalls , in fictional form , the event which led to the rift in their friendship , apparently referring to herself in the third person . |
| 46 | Jane grimaced at herself in the mirror . |
| 47 | Jenny grimaced at herself in the glass . |
| 48 | Mary-Claude 's pregnancy had been troublesome from the start , even without the stress of a month 's separation and having to cope by herself with the move back from Cyprus , and Coleman was exhausted from a gruelling month of detailed debriefings by a stream of DIA officers and analysts at an assortment of Ramada Inns in the Baltimore/Washington area . |
| 49 | Everything she had tried to achieve for herself during the last four years would have to be tossed away , useless . |
| 50 | There was once a poor shoemaker who had three fine strong sons and two pretty daughters and a third , who could do nothing well , who shivered plates and tangled her spinning , who curdled milk , could not get butter to come , nor set a fire so that smoke did not pour into the room , a useless , hopeless , dreaming daughter , to whom her mother would often say that she should try to fend for herself in the wild wood , and then she would know the value of listening to advice , and of doing things properly . |
| 51 | Smiling to herself at the thought , and confident that it was now too late to be interrupted further , Alexandra went upstairs . |
| 52 | ‘ I was just telling you that I reckon it was a good idea — to wait a day before going back to New York , ’ Carole repeated , smiling to herself at the other girl 's slightly abstracted expression . |
| 53 | She sat by herself in the dining room and looked at me over Anne 's head . |