Example sentences of "[verb] at herself [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 Looking at herself in the mirror she saw that her eyes were swollen and her face blotchy .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 Looking at herself in the mirror , she was very satisfied .
7 She combed her hair , looking at herself in the mirror .
8 ‘ Yes , ’ she admitted softly as she continued to stare at herself in the full-length mirror .
9 She deliberately refused to look at herself in the strategically placed mirror .
10 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 .
11 She switched off the engine , glanced at herself in the driving mirror and got out , letting Bunny jump on to the drive .
12 I 'm not sure , as she scowls at herself in the mirror , about the choice of films in which she contemplates a role .
13 And she 's sitting in a peculiar way , staring at herself in the mirror . ’
14 Dawn Allenby was standing in her coat and headscarf staring at herself in the mirror .
15 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 .
16 Lucy stared at herself in the mirror .
17 Maggie stared at herself in the mirror .
18 She stared at herself in the mirror .
19 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 .
20 She looked at herself in the mirror , knowing that she looked good .
21 She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled , thinking that only the birds could see her .
22 She struggled into the blue dress and looked at herself in the mirror .
23 Alice put the telephone down carefully , and looked at herself in the small , oval mirror hanging above it on the wall .
24 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 .
25 Rhoda looked at herself in the mirror and said , ‘ I do n't see much wrong with me .
26 She looked at herself in the mirror .
27 She got up shortly after , and looked at herself in the mirror .
28 ‘ 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 .
29 Daisy gazed at herself in the mirror .
30 In her bedroom , Honor gazed at herself in the cracked mirror , a sense of hopelessness bringing tears to her eyes .
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