Example sentences of "[verb] herself [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 2 | It would have been impolite to refuse so Elisa found herself back in the sitting room . |
| 3 | Threading her way as diligently as she could through the mass of humanity , it was with a sigh of relief that she eventually found herself back in the vast City Hall square . |
| 4 | MOTORIST Nicky Lockyer left her dog in her car while she scraped ice off the windscreen and found herself out in the cold for two hours . |
| 5 | ‘ Not my sister , ’ she drew herself up in the chair . |
| 6 | Anthea drew herself up in the chair and her dark eyes flashed like rapiers at Montgomery . |
| 7 | Sarah tried to hitch herself up in the bed . |
| 8 | Too tired to think any more , she kicked off her sandals and freshened herself up in the scented blue-tiled bathroom , brushing her hair and wiping her hands and face , and then her feet , on the fluffiest white towel she had ever felt . |
| 9 | He 's been reckon she must have locked herself up in the dark . |
| 10 | Faye pushed the wheeled dinner tray aside and flung herself over in the bed to face away from her brother . |
| 11 | Did she bail herself out in the end with over her money situation . |
| 12 | Did she bail herself out in the end with over her money situation ? |
| 13 | She slid her fingers from her friend 's grasp and pulled herself up in the bed , a smile lighting up the ageing beauty of her face . |
| 14 | Billie , now having accepted Jenny as someone who could be trusted , settled herself down in the rear , albeit cramped , and spent most of the flight asleep . |
| 15 | She did not like flying and the mental energy involved in getting through the ordeal without flinging herself down in the aisle and drumming her heels was considerable . |
| 16 | Tina would have plumped herself down in the nearest seat even if this had been next to a passenger but Cecilia , conforming to usage , sat in the emptiest area of the coach , on the platform side with her back to the window . |
| 17 | she can nae get herself up in the morning if there 's nobody there , can she ? |
| 18 | It seems she dressed herself up in the most provocative way possible when she got into this state and behaved like a caricature of the rich foreigner . |
| 19 | Finding herself back in the Imaginary Universes Laboratory , Gedanken lost no time in looking down the microscope again . |
| 20 | She pushed herself down in the bed , as if trying to escape accusing glances . |