Example sentences of "try [to-vb] herself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then a few weeks after her husband died Mary took a large number of pills and tried to kill herself . |
| 2 | She stabbed Ben to death with a pair of dress-making scissors and then tried to kill herself . |
| 3 | And then she tried to kill herself but now she 's all right . |
| 4 | During her last imprisonment in Holloway in 1911–12 , when several hundred women were being forcibly fed , she thought her death would end this mass torture and tried to kill herself by throwing herself downstairs ; although seriously injured , she survived . |
| 5 | Hilda got hysterical and tried to kill herself with aspirins . |
| 6 | I 'm very sorry to have to tell you this — but Mrs Kemp tried to kill herself this afternoon . ’ |
| 7 | She tried to see herself through this man 's eyes , to relive the last couple of hours from his point of view . |
| 8 | She tried to work herself , and got a couple of nights barmaiding , but he did n't like that , and he did n't like one of the children going to nursery . |
| 9 | Mrs Dyer was lodged in Reading Gaol , where she made two abortive attempts at suicide , the first with a pair of scissors with which she tried to stab herself ; thwarted , she then tried to strangle herself with her boot laces , with no greater success . |
| 10 | She tried to shake herself free of his grasp but his hold tightened . |
| 11 | Head in her hands , she tried to pull herself together . |
| 12 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 13 | Jess gulped and tried to pull herself together . |
| 14 | Stunned but ineffectual , she yelled in righteous rage and tried to pull herself to her feet , wanting nothing else but to throw herself at Duvall as … |
| 15 | Sally-Anne , hampered by her basket , tried to pull herself free . |
| 16 | When he took not the slightest notice of her demand Laura closed her eyes , forcing herself to breathe slowly and deeply as she desperately tried to pull herself together . |
| 17 | Rachel stared blankly at him , then desperately tried to pull herself together . |
| 18 | She tried to pull herself together , but it was impossible . |
| 19 | She tried to find herself on the map , but the printed boulevards and blocks writhed whenever she looked up at the street , making new patterns . |
| 20 | Sarah tried to hitch herself up in the bed . |
| 21 | Then she tried to heave herself up onto the driving seat but could n't manage without Dad 's help . |
| 22 | It did n't seem very likely , and she frowned as she tried to view herself objectively . |
| 23 | Mrs Dyer was lodged in Reading Gaol , where she made two abortive attempts at suicide , the first with a pair of scissors with which she tried to stab herself ; thwarted , she then tried to strangle herself with her boot laces , with no greater success . |
| 24 | She tried to calm herself . |
| 25 | She tried to calm herself , but her heart raced . |
| 26 | Despite the thudding of her heart , she tried to calm herself and be rational . |
| 27 | When he 'd gone , she leaned back and tried to calm herself down . |
| 28 | She gasped , and tried to cover herself , but he caught her hand and pinioned it once more . |
| 29 | Her family remained supportive , despite the emotional load : they remained hopeful that Rose would one day regain the motivation to try to help herself , and therefore the people around her . |
| 30 | Startled , she looked up into Dane 's sea-blue eyes , and even as she tried to strengthen herself against him she felt a rush of longing so intense that it made her weak at the knees . |