Example sentences of "[adv] she [verb] herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly she found herself under an intense media spotlight , enduring a 24-hour guard until she was 16 . |
| 2 | So she contented herself with giving the reporter what he wanted . |
| 3 | And so she threw herself at him , leaping for his throat , a tall , strong , totally desperate girl with nothing whatsoever to lose , who would have been hard for any man to handle , even a man as powerful and totally unchivalrous as Christie Goldsborough , had he not been ready for her . |
| 4 | At two o'clock she seated herself at a window-table in a restaurant overlooking the Nile , near where the houseboat was moored . |
| 5 | Finally she shut herself in the attic room on Ella 's day off and sobbed until she ached in body and soul . |
| 6 | Somehow she wheeled herself to Caledonian Road tube station , only to find that there were not enough staff to run the lift . |
| 7 | Outside she found herself at the top of a fire escape . |
| 8 | Soon she aligned herself with a small group of women who wanted to break into publishing . |
| 9 | Slowly she dragged herself along one of the paths that led to the house . |
| 10 | And more and more she met herself at this hour , too late to phone anyone , too weary to sleep . |
| 11 | The trouble is the more she spreads herself into showbusiness , the more bland she will become . |
| 12 | Wordlessly she pulled herself from her chair and swiftly began making him some ham sandwiches . |
| 13 | So it was a short time later she found herself under the hard eyes of Sister Mary , the large nun she remembered from last night , and her very hard hand . |
| 14 | Twenty minutes later she found herself inside the Head 's office , white and trembling , so obviously terrified that the Head herself was taken aback . |
| 15 | Now she identified herself with the future , as freedom was breaking out everywhere , and Labour with the failed past . |
| 16 | She had protested at their taking the Friar 's sack but now she allowed herself to be swept along by them without resistance . |
| 17 | Time and again she told herself she was fortunate to see the back of him , so often she reminded herself of the despicable way he had behaved . |
| 18 | Rachel slapped his face in blind panic , and as his head jerked back she wrenched herself from him , stumbling out of the lift , flushed and dazed , fumbling with the key at her door . |
| 19 | Here she involved herself in village life with all her characteristic energy and enthusiasm until her death 16 October 1938 , following influenza , at Kelmscott Manor . |
| 20 | You 're being silly , she told herself ; a man as attractive as Luke Denner would be bound to have many women in his life , any number of girlfriends ; had n't she schooled herself into thinking this at least a hundred times — ever since that very first meeting , ever since he had dragged her unceremoniously into that small , chaste bedroom , ever since he had made love to her ? |
| 21 | ‘ If she is so proud of herself , why did n't she call herself by her original name ? ’ |
| 22 | Do n't she get herself in a |
| 23 | She has a tendency to hug herself tightly when grappling with a question , and at one point , when I asked her how she saw herself in the future , grown up and faced with decisions about her own children , she panicked for an instant and had to be consoled by the female interpreter . |
| 24 | Haltingly , she spoke about her sudden irrational terror on the dance floor , the nun leading her away , how she found herself in a bedroom with Jack Butler . |
| 25 | Sometimes she exasperated herself with the stupid ideas she had . |
| 26 | A few yards on and she saw there was no answering wave and she faltered , uncertain if this was Ferdinando or some other lone horseman before whom she would make a fool of herself , but the closer he came the more sure she was that this was her husband and then she chided herself for thinking he had hands free to wave when one was needed for the reins and the other to hold the child . |
| 27 | Then she seated herself opposite him , and drew forward a small table , on which were two packs of cards . |
| 28 | Then she seated herself on the edge of the bed and , breathing deeply , raised the phone up to her ear . |
| 29 | Quickly I tidied away and washed the tea things , then she seated herself in front of the harmonium , pulled out the stops and began to play . |
| 30 | Then she locks herself in one of the cubicles , puts her bag on the toilet seat , and takes out the tools of her trade : a red satin basque with suspenders attached , a pair of black lace panties , black fishnet stockings and shiny high-heeled shoes . |