Example sentences of "[verb] herself to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She used her feet , dancing away and flying back , anchoring herself to the broken lamp-post as she launched four rapid kicks to the Daughter 's torso . |
| 2 | Joe returned the warm plates of food to the table , and Dolly helped herself to the mint sauce . |
| 3 | Having thus resigned herself to the passive lifestyle of a semi-invalid literary lady , she became a regular contributor to the Spectator , then edited by her father 's close friend Richard Holt Hutton [ q.v. ] , in which she published over fifty articles between 1880 and 1893 . |
| 4 | She would confine herself to the final phase of Marie 's life . |
| 5 | Miranda began , again , addressing herself to the young girl , ‘ While I 'm getting ready , would you like to come up and see my room ? ’ |
| 6 | She wants her image ‘ sorted out ’ before she signs a deal to prevent any manipulation , to ensure no one tells her how she should present herself to the record-buying public . |
| 7 | The fact , however , that Britain linked herself to the German economy through the ERM meant that , far from conducting the opposite policies to Germany 's — which it would have been in her real interest to do — she had to follow suit . |
| 8 | Barely managing to hold her breath for the extra few seconds , she hauled herself to the other side of the object first , before surfacing . |
| 9 | She caught worldwide attention last year when she claimed in a defence of prostitution charges that she could only satisfy a sex addiction by selling herself to the long line of men . |
| 10 | As a child the continuous moves had taught Eva to leave behind the place they had been and give herself to the new . |
| 11 | It took a moment to accustom herself to the dim light inside , but as she entered a slight noise made her turn . |
| 12 | Hideki 's mother was educated and emancipated , but on marriage subjugated herself to the traditional Japanese wife 's domesticated role . |
| 13 | She realised with a suppressed groan that she was forced to justify herself to the chief superintendent in the same terms as she had defended herself against Christine Mills . |
| 14 | She had meant to confine herself to the unwelcome proposal of marriage from Manfro Draper , but somehow she found herself telling her listeners all about her mother and father . |
| 15 | She 'd treated herself to the new dress , from the boutique recommended by Anneliese . |
| 16 | I was a war baby and a shame to my birth-dead mother who had given herself to the last-time-leave blandishments of my faceless father . |
| 17 | Wright applied in 1978 , committing herself to the five community rules which include monthly meetings with other ( local ) members , donating one-tenth of one 's income to the church — and allocating time for others . |
| 18 | From here , where she stood orientating herself to the unknown photographer 's vision of Aurae Phiala , and sharing his revelation , even that violent force , at once protection and threat , seemed charmed into tameness , passing on tiptoe by this idyllic place . |
| 19 | For the past five years she has devoted herself to the United Nations Children 's Fund and became its ambassador in an effort to help the world 's sick and starving children . |
| 20 | Abandoning herself to the overpowering intoxication of his embrace , she parted her lips beneath his as he ravished the inner sweetness of her mouth . |
| 21 | She confined herself to the upper part of the house , severing all contact with her husband and the other members of the household . |
| 22 | Resigning herself to the inevitable , she walked quietly alongside him as he kept up a running commentary on all they passed or saw . |
| 23 | Leonora restricted herself to the main tableland of the island , knowing perfectly well that Penry had her safety in mind in his veto of exploration on her own . |
| 24 | ‘ Wow , ’ said Lydia , heaving herself to the other side of the bed and plumping up her pillow . |
| 25 | I had never heard of river engineers until one morning a very harassed engineer rang to ask me to persuade the lady in question not to tie herself to the ancient pollard which he intended to fell . |
| 26 | She hardly dared to draw the curtains to show herself to the other girls , though she had warned them of the horrid sight in store for them . |