Example sentences of "[verb] herself to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One source said : ‘ It would come as no surprise to find her driving herself to the church . |
| 2 | Once again the meeting was a great success ; the Emperor had long conversations with the Prince Consort , Lord Palmerston and the Foreign Secretary , Lord Clarendon , while the Empress devoted herself to the Queen and the royal children . |
| 3 | She joined the Community of the Resurrection in 1940 and devoted herself to the training of Primary and Secondary school teachers at Grahamstown Training College . |
| 4 | At no time had she addressed herself to the credibility or otherwise of anything in the report . |
| 5 | About three weeks later , Jenny had resigned herself to the fact that she would stay . |
| 6 | Stefan was nearly 4 years old when his desperate mother referred herself to the child guidance centre . |
| 7 | Mind you , she was starving herself to the point of endangering her life and had to be hospitalized , but er oh no , her hormon her hormon well her hormonal changes went into reverse , they absolutely did . |
| 8 | By her coarseness she sought to make things easier for him — she committed herself to the relationship , to this way of life , which , God knew , was n't much fun for her . |
| 9 | She committed herself to the view that ‘ there was no such thing as society ’ , only individuals and families , an extraordinary reaction against the outlook of the past forty years . |
| 10 | Only after these days can she present herself to the priest for ritual atonement of her impurity : |
| 11 | Meg waited until she heard the main bedroom door shut before going herself to the bathroom . |
| 12 | A previous landlady had tried to help herself to the orange juice to put in her gin . |
| 13 | She made a stab at a brittle laugh , trying to fit herself to the image of one of his sophisticated London women — a Wanda or Melissa who would hardly be embarrassed by such an admission . |
| 14 | She surrendered herself to the melting awareness that was building within her , and her exploration of his mouth matched his in eagerness and abandonment . |
| 15 | Concern 's chief executive , Aengus Finucane , in Somalia on a visit , said : ‘ Wendy Murphy , a nurse who was with Valerie , said Valerie threw herself to the floor of the car when the shooting started . |
| 16 | Returning to the main cavern at a dead run , Ace threw herself to the side as a cluster of boxes not far off exploded with a sharp blast , hurling several of the defenders into he oily waters . |
| 17 | Valerie Place , 23 , of the Irish charity Concern , threw herself to the car floor when gunmen opened fire on the convoy near Afgoi , 20 miles west of the capital Mogadishu . |
| 18 | The way to Lavondyss was a short climb away , and all she needed was to resign herself to the journey , to abandon Scathach . |
| 19 | Looking at it and the bleak shore of Flotta beyond , the memories came flooding back : pink gins before Sunday lunch at twopence a throw ; dressing up as Tartars and Eskimos and Bedouins for Tribal parties ; cinema shows where the reels were laced up in the wrong order ; darts competitions in the wardroom flat ; early winter morning torpedo firings in the Flow , very dark and cold ; walks to Longhope for fresh eggs , or fishing for sea-trout in the bay ; piping the admiral as we passed the headquarters ship and eased our way down to Switha Gate bound for distant waters , the captain on the compass platform with cap at an angle , elbows on hips and gloved hands turned upwards , Spider beside him puffing smoke through a black holder and advising courses to steer ; and then , as the ship adjusted herself to the roll and rhythm of the sea , a last flashing message from the signal station at Hoxa Head ( now vandalized and abandoned ) , as it would be the first on our return , days or weeks later . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's what I call the devil now , ’ explained Lydia recalling herself to the conversation . |
| 21 | ‘ But what did you tell them ? ’ she asked , recalling herself to the matter in hand . |
| 22 | One woman derelict told her that after living with three husbands for twenty-five years she had decided to give them up and devote herself to the task of viewing the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the British Isles . |
| 23 | She addressed herself to the boy now . |
| 24 | She addressed herself to the task with her usual imperiousness and dragged Owen and Mahmoud along in her wake . |
| 25 | Emyard 's influence on a young woman from Tours , Emilie Tamisier ( 1834–1910 ) , that gave her the inspiration to dedicate herself to the salvation of society through the Eucharist . |
| 26 | Like Georg , she felt the need to submit herself to the possibility of seeing the one she loved who had rejected her . |
| 27 | Why had she exposed herself to the danger of someone remarking on the likeness between her son and her escort , and making the obvious connection ? |
| 28 | She flung herself to the floor and rolled to safety behind the half-opened door , the Beretta clenched tightly in her gloved hand . |
| 29 | Her stepsister settled in England , conformed outwardly , and applied herself to the advancement of her plump , dull son . |
| 30 | She wanted to fling herself to the ground , to lie there with her body pressed against the purple glory . |