Example sentences of "[verb] herself [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can watch the newsreader 's lips getting into gear , like Fatima Whitbread psyching herself up for the big throw . |
| 2 | None of this was her affair , she told herself not for the first time . |
| 3 | It really would be very much more practical to have her hair cut , she told herself severely for the umpteenth time , but the simple truth was that she liked having her hair long , loved the feeling of the heavy silken strands on her skin . |
| 4 | You did the wise thing , calling a halt when you did , she told herself sharply for the umpteenth time . |
| 5 | She booked herself in for the works as she put it — a facial and full-body massage . |
| 6 | The bag lady enters Venice , she thought , trying to cheer herself up for the daunting journey ahead . |
| 7 | Feeling hungry , Ellie made herself some toast in the kitchen , collected some brochures from the hall table , and took herself out for the day . |
| 8 | An exhausted Anabelle ambled to the gate and squeezed herself under for the last time . |
| 9 | It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow , ahead of the Brückner lawyers . |