Example sentences of "[verb] at herself [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | So she put the dress on , and thought for a moment that perhaps it was not quite so frightful after all , and then , after looking at herself for a little longer , wondered if it were not in fact more frightful than she had ever imagined . |
2 | But now as she stood looking at herself in a full length looking glass , she could see that she had indeed what the magazines described as the perfect figure , firm round breasts , a narrow flat waist , good hips , a small posterior , and long slender legs which were greatly enhanced by the silk stockings the assistant had carefully rolled on to them . |
3 | No , Kathleen thought , looking at herself in the mirror , at her own , pale face , no , she is not afraid , that is not it , Isabel has never known fear . |
4 | She was looking at herself in the full-length mirror by the side of the bed , pulling great lumps out of her stomach and grimacing at her own image . |
5 | Looking at herself in the mirror she saw that her eyes were swollen and her face blotchy . |
6 | And then when she was fully dressed , she shut the closet door over and stood looking at herself in the mirror which was on the other side . |
7 | Looking at herself in the looking-glass on the stairs she saw how small and pink her eyes looked , their lids still puffy and her skin was tired and lifeless . |
8 | Looking at herself in the mirror , she was very satisfied . |
9 | She combed her hair , looking at herself in the mirror . |
10 | ‘ Yes , ’ she admitted softly as she continued to stare at herself in the full-length mirror . |
11 | The therapist encouraged her to look at herself in a more realistic way , and particularly to try to identify her good points and qualities . |
12 | She deliberately refused to look at herself in the strategically placed mirror . |
13 | She made Terry try it on , take it off , changed something else , and finally , at gone midnight , she had done all that she could do , and only then did she allow Terry to look at herself in the mirror . |
14 | A couple of hours later she glanced at herself in a mirror and gave a rueful little chuckle . |
15 | She switched off the engine , glanced at herself in the driving mirror and got out , letting Bunny jump on to the drive . |
16 | I 'm not sure , as she scowls at herself in the mirror , about the choice of films in which she contemplates a role . |
17 | Sprawled over them were two more eunuchs ; one was staring at herself in a mirror , applying lipstick , the other was combing her hair . |
18 | And she 's sitting in a peculiar way , staring at herself in the mirror . ’ |
19 | Dawn Allenby was standing in her coat and headscarf staring at herself in the mirror . |
20 | She was staring at herself in the mirror in the curtained dressing-room , wondering what a certain gentleman might do and say if he were to see her in it , when she became aware of hushed voices in the salon outside . |
21 | Lucy stared at herself in the mirror . |
22 | Maggie stared at herself in the mirror . |
23 | She stared at herself in the mirror . |
24 | Kate had liked it : you could tell by the way she fingered the material , by the way she looked at herself in the mirror with her chin lifted just a little higher than usual . |
25 | She looked at herself in the mirror , knowing that she looked good . |
26 | She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled , thinking that only the birds could see her . |
27 | She struggled into the blue dress and looked at herself in the mirror . |
28 | Alice put the telephone down carefully , and looked at herself in the small , oval mirror hanging above it on the wall . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | Rhoda looked at herself in the mirror and said , ‘ I do n't see much wrong with me . |