Example sentences of "herself [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leila closed her eyes , visualising for herself the pleasant warmth of Ari 's fantasy world . |
| 2 | ‘ She thinks the sun shines out of his … well , you know what I mean ’ Just in time Melissa remembered that although Iris had been known , in moments of crisis , to permit herself the occasional ‘ bloody ’ , she strongly disapproved of vulgarity . |
| 3 | As season 72/73 arrived , a passing shopper , Mrs Hilda Sheppey ( 58 ) , suddenly found herself the first manageress in football history . |
| 4 | She stayed as she was , looking up at him from beneath her long black lashes , allowing herself the faintest smile of pleasure . |
| 5 | Gunnell gave herself the perfect wedding present when she unwrapped an Olympic gold medal in the 400metres hurdles . |
| 6 | She knew that , even as she knew that , whatever price had to be paid , she would rather pay it than deny herself the overwhelming need coursing through her . |
| 7 | A lass in Low Newton hanged herself the second time I was in there . |
| 8 | Her heroine on the show is Lightning and she has already christened herself the junior version , Spark . |
| 9 | A FRENCHWOMAN has given herself the ultimate facelift in an attempt to create the perfect features . |
| 10 | She wondered rather wildly for a moment if they would both refuse to let go and imagined herself the unwilling participant in an unlikely tug of war , but Bernard took one look at Alain and released her . |
| 11 | She had left herself the early part of the evening free , and she had just finished dressing when Florian and Nicky dropped in to show her some new photos of the fair South African child who went by the name of Joni Jones , Florian having insisted on the first and the name with which he had replaced his original , paradoxically both more and less ordinary name , having been legalised in both countries whose passports he held , the United Kingdom and South Africa . |
| 12 | A study of life , death and marriage certificates show Apricot as the daughter of a certain Wendy Ellis and Wendy herself the legitimate daughter of Bruno and Rhoda Ellis . |
| 13 | But Alix and Brian had found one another , and so had Otto and Caroline Werner : Esther was caught between lofty Edgar and little Pete Petrie , herself the smallest of all . |
| 14 | Round about Grace herself the great river deposited little but mounds of plastic containers . |
| 15 | And next year she has set herself the personal goal of raising £500,000 . |
| 16 | In life Kelly set herself the toughest challenges , and she met them head on . |
| 17 | ‘ When are you going to let me know ? ’ she asked , clasping his hand , allowing herself the fleeting pleasure of his touch . |
| 18 | She was asking herself the same question . |
| 19 | For Japanese to be discriminated against because of the colour of their skin , despite Japan 's success in proving herself the military and political equal of other powers , implied the virtual impossibility of Japan 's being accepted as a full equal by the industrialized nations of the West . |
| 20 | But chided herself the next moment . |
| 21 | Leith hardly recognised herself the next day when , with her usual free-flowing locks fastened severely in a knot at the back of her head , she donned a pair of plain glass , horn-rimmed spectacles , and surveyed the result . |
| 22 | The second bullet followed almost immediately , this time in front of her , and she had to fling herself the last few feet , landing heavily against the side of the corrugated iron door . |
| 23 | She gulped , barely capable of denying herself the inevitable . |
| 24 | Herself the illegitimate daughter of a Danish sailor who had spent one month in Paradise Street before taking ship for ever , she had built herself a firmly structured life which could withstand all but atomic bombardment . |
| 25 | ‘ Each suburban wife , as she made the beds , shopped for groceries , ate peanut-butter sandwiches with her children , chauffeured Cubs and Brownies , lay beside her husband at night , was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question , ‘ Is this all ? ’ ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You 've done quite well , ’ Arlene conceded , keeping to herself the growing excitement with which she had been watching Paula over the past weeks . |
| 27 | She had chosen for herself the human equivalent of sackcloth and ashes , and she denounced herself for a masochist . |
| 28 | The nurse who brought him home said the sister baptized him herself the very night he was born . |
| 29 | A thin wiry woman , her name was Meg and not herself the full shilling . |
| 30 | He suddenly wondered whether she smiled like that because she could rarely allow herself the full release of a complete smile , but must always keep one side of her lips tucked under control . |