Example sentences of "[verb] herself with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt she will also enjoy herself with the best of our manhood . ’ |
| 2 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
| 3 | Kate , forcing herself with the greatest difficulty to resist his blatant charm , gave him back a calculating half-smile . |
| 4 | Mother looked at them , shook her head and sighed , then advising Etty to rinse herself with the warm water , she turned , stood up , and moved towards the door , unaware that her apron-strings were entangled with a handle of the zinc-tub … |
| 5 | Another time she cut herself with the serrated edge of a lemon slicer ; on yet another occasion , during a heated argument with Prince Charles , she picked up a penknife lying on his dressing table and cut her chest and her thighs . |
| 6 | But Borssele has not simply contented herself with the odd leak . |
| 7 | As well as powdering herself with the same orange and blue skin-whitening powders which her mother and grandmother had used , our bride asked maids and foreign Arab friends to search out modern creams and perfumes to be tried and kept , tried and discarded . |
| 8 | Sometimes she exasperated herself with the stupid ideas she had . |