Example sentences of "[verb] herself in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a fleeting instant she felt as though she had woken to find herself in the lair of a dangerous wild animal . |
| 2 | And when at last she fell asleep it was to find herself in the château , running endlessly through a labyrinth of rooms , searching for something that was always just beyond her reach . |
| 3 | Did Bonnie enjoy herself in the end ? |
| 4 | She has busied herself in the promotion of senior civil servants ( looking for people with energy and commitment ) and regularly badgered departments about progress on particular policies — ‘ like a dog after a bone ’ an adviser claims . |
| 5 | Before 18 months , a child wo n't recognise herself in the mirror and for a long time will describe herself in terms of attributes ( like smallness ) and her possessions . |
| 6 | Then she padded across to a low stool and sat down , surveying herself in the mirror that lined her bathroom walls on two sides . |
| 7 | Pat found herself wondering whether to return to Purley , but decided after all to establish herself in the South West and spread the Medau message by taking up teaching again after her rather brief retirement . |
| 8 | JEWKES : But she sits cooling herself in the hall over against the staircase . |
| 9 | The chief inspector climbed in over the sill , eased down the window and found herself in the hall . |
| 10 | But instead of peace and solitude and a chance to get her emotions under control , she opened the door and found herself in the middle of a nightmare . |
| 11 | The South African , once ranked in the world 's top 300 , decided to enter when she found herself in the north west for a three-months summer stay with her boyfriend 's family in Bolton , but was never seriously tested as Benmnett fell to her second consecutive defeat in the final . |
| 12 | Soaking wet , and with a bloody stump where her right arm had been , Susan found herself in the cabin of an airship . |
| 13 | Almost without knowing how she got there , she found herself in the garden . |
| 14 | It was not until autumn that Jennifer found herself in the city again . |
| 15 | Here she went to the dressing table where she sat down and regarded herself in the mirror . |
| 16 | It 's like she had a multi-barrelled gun , and has n't just shot herself in the foot , but shot herself everywhere and blown her own head off , and no-one seems to have noticed . |
| 17 | She shivered , then stirred herself in the water . |
| 18 | She buried herself in the scent of him , and the last traces of control were lost as his hands started to explore the round fullness of her breasts . |
| 19 | Linda buried herself in the crowd , exchanging words with this one and that and heading for the bar . |
| 20 | She poked herself in the chest . |
| 21 | Benny swallowed the barley sugar rather than be accused of eating sweets in the public view , and let herself in the back . |
| 22 | She scarcely recognised herself in the woman who confronted her . |
| 23 | She could busy herself in the garden till then . |
| 24 | While Mary Ann busied herself in the kitchen , and the uncommunicative Emily disappeared , he took in his surroundings . |
| 25 | The woman busied herself in the kitchen and produced a plate piled high like a cairn with potatoes , and a huge pot of tea , and then resumed her knitting by the fire opposite her husband . |
| 26 | Two hours later she returned , busied herself in the kitchen and then produced a huge plate loaded with fish and potatoes , and a mammoth pot of tea . |
| 27 | Alone once more , she walked and walked , and when she became too hot to carry on , she swam again and dried herself in the sun . |
| 28 | Kathleen turned and studied herself in the mirror . |
| 29 | Sighing , she pulled on socks and sweater , then knotted the scarf at her throat and secured one of the ends to her sweater with the silver lioness brooch so automatically that she paused , eyeing herself in the mirror . |
| 30 | She smoothed the clinging dress over her hips , eyeing herself in the glass . |