Example sentences of "[Wh adv] she [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So far this is normal and to be expected , but if Claire is told often enough how good she is when she feels herself to be bad , or if Henry is constantly reminded of his vicious streak when he is aware of other , ignored qualities in himself , then both Claire and Henry are likely to become confused as to their own self-images . |
| 4 | He shuddered , and groaned aloud , and the sperm hit her dress , on her stomach near her navel ; it soaked through the cotton like the spreading warmth of pee , reminding her of when she wet herself as a child , and gave off a quick raw smell . |
| 5 | There was no one about when she let herself into the house , and thankfully she went quietly up to her room . |
| 6 | She removed her wooden pattens and , concealing them in her cloak , slipped noiselessly into the tower , past the guardchamber and up the winding stairs to the middle floor where she concealed herself in an alcove outside the chamber door . |
| 7 | When she was finished there she hurried back to the kitchen where she washed herself at the sink . |
| 8 | She used the buses and wherever she found herself on the last bus at night , whether at her own home or at her son 's , she would stay for the night only to set off again early the following morning . |