Example sentences of "who [verb] herself " in BNC.
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| 1 | She , who prided herself on her intelligence ! |
| 2 | They were vetted by Lady Wardley , who prided herself on knowing all the Northumbrian families worth knowing . |
| 3 | This was the second disappointment for my mother , who prided herself on her own intelligence and wanted her children to succeed academically , because she felt it would be the only way we could be successful in life , there being no money at home . |
| 4 | Aggie was a spotlessly clean woman who prided herself on her housekeeping . |
| 5 | Margaret Seymour-Strachey ( who prided herself on being the perfect daughter-in-law ) would do anything for her husband 's mother except bring her children into overmuch contact with her . |
| 6 | Elise Fox was a woman who prided herself on her ability to deal with crisis , but at eleven o'clock that Saturday night she still lay limp on the sofa in the flat , looking utterly shattered when her young sister came in from the kitchen with yet another pot of strong black coffee . |
| 7 | like the old woman who crosses herself as the hearse moves on . |
| 8 | Caroline Moore , who described herself as a professor of dance , occupied number 1 . |
| 9 | And a women who described herself as a social worker . |
| 10 | The same year , he found himself in the company of Mona , who described herself in court as an ‘ apolitical pacifist ’ who spread her huge family wealth in a series of film , TV , stage and property ventures . |
| 11 | Finally , there was Miss Marita Calagarri , who described herself as an unemployed ship 's cook . |
| 12 | It could also turn the spotlight unfavourably on the assertive Mrs Clinton , who has herself become a ‘ campaign issue ’ . |
| 13 | Then I told her about my Tante Frieda in the Great War , who found herself matching the curtains at an embassy party . |
| 14 | I despised myself anyway , haunted by things as superficial as a way of moving , a combination of colour and shape , an asymmetrical smile , the chance attributes of someone who holds herself so cheap she 'll squander herself on a man as truly valueless as Florian Jones , and ignore both his marriage and his other affairs . |
| 15 | Whereas someone more conventional , like Sue Lawley , who describes herself as a ‘ post-feminist woman ’ , is actually much better at drawing out chat show guests . |
| 16 | She lives in a new four-storey house on a recently completed private estate , and typifies the perfect housewife of television advertising : her house has fitted carpets throughout , gleaming unmarked white paint , and every modern gadget , and it is impeccably maintained by Elizabeth , who describes herself as a housewife with very high standards . |
| 17 | He meets a character who describes herself as a ‘ girl-spy ’ . |
| 18 | For someone who describes herself as a late starter in sailing — she first stepped into a dinghy 15 years ago at the age of 29 — Mary Falk has accumulated a phenomenal amount of experience . |
| 19 | A courtesan , an expensive courtesan , who drenches herself in sandalwood oil to cover the nauseating stench of the bedbugs with which she is infested . |
| 20 | For it was she who told herself that nothing was to be gained at this moment by recrimination , that Sir George 's land and influence at Stockton were still big assets ( though nowhere near worth the price at which they had been bought ) , and that a moping Sir George — a sackcloth-ashes flagellant — could be all it needed to bring the whole structure of confidence tumbling down . |
| 21 | But it was easier to believe in the impossible when you were tucked up in bed and half-asleep , than when you were walking the wet , comfortless streets , and the bloke you loved was on a bus going in the opposite direction , staring hopelessly out of the window , and wondering how on earth he was ever going to marry you , with no savings and going into the Army next week and a widowed mother who imagined herself an invalid and hated you for taking away her son . |
| 22 | Teabags commemorate Barbara Castle 's nomination as a political candidate ; waxed and singed bras are transformed into a delicate wreath of roses for the suffragette Emily Wilding Davidson , ( the one who threw herself under the king 's horse ) . |
| 23 | An exception is fellow guest Jamie Lee Curtis who shows herself to be a fervent Soul II Soul fan . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's about a woman who liberates herself from her overpowering and dominant husband . |
| 25 | But it is not the political elite which is now paying the price for any mistakes — it is the disease-ridden baby , the mother who starves herself to feed her children , the farmer without hope of land or work . |
| 26 | Her irresponsible Flora , who sees herself as ‘ the soul of kindness ’ , and indeed is adored by people who see her in a very different light from that in which she sees herself , is ( or would be , if she were allowed ) catastrophic in her influence on other lives . |
| 27 | Any chick who fancies herself as a feminist ought to go and see Martha McGilchrist . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , the Holy Virgin Mary , who showed herself to Englishmen at Walsingham . |
| 29 | On the day he is told he has been cured , Henry receives a mysterious female visitor who introduces herself as a fellow thief . |
| 30 | Of course , this is not all there is to life , and Hildamay finds true contentment by adopting a nine-year-old girl who introduces herself on the tube . |