Example sentences of "[verb] herself [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I love you — naught else matters , ’ she said , moving away and seating herself demurely on the furskin rug in front of the fire . |
| 2 | She perched herself uncomfortably on the only chair in the room as he sat down on the bed . |
| 3 | Loretta perched herself uncomfortably on the very edge of the jacket . |
| 4 | Miss Fergusson expressed herself forcibly on the subject of popular superstition and the responsibility of the clergy . |
| 5 | Miss Logan was angry and distressed at such Judas-like behaviour , and expressed herself forcibly on the subject to the Armenian priest , who nodded and offered to say prayers for Miss Fergusson . |
| 6 | After they had told her Wexford and Burden sat helplessly while she flung herself face-downwards on the sofa and sobbed into the cushions . |
| 7 | The Last Tycoon filly , out of a half-sister to Royal Gait , acquitted herself well on the Midlands track on her only start last month , gamely chasing home easy winner Ballerina after being switched , finishing two lengths second . |
| 8 | Catherine Destivelle has established herself firmly on the big mountains scene again with her incredibly bold and gutsy free ascent of the Bonatti Pillar solo . |