Example sentences of "herself [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hate that man , she told herself vigorously when she eventually forced herself to sit down and jigsaw the jumbled fragments of her emotions into place . |
| 2 | Maybe that was the basic problem , she told herself wearily as she now stared blindly up at the ceiling . |
| 3 | It was a mark of her artistic intelligence and independence that she did not choose to dish up a pot-pourri of well tried favourites for the occasion , drawing attention to herself rather than the music . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , I did n't think you would come , ’ she said , and laughed , not at all a confused laugh , but quiet , and at herself rather than at him , looking down at her cupped hands as she did so . |
| 5 | Experience told him that a woman 's natural instinct was to defend herself rather than to hurt the attacker . |
| 6 | Such experience had aged her in advance of her years , and Jennifer was sometimes inclined to think that Jill was two or three years older than herself rather than eighteen months younger . |
| 7 | For her at this stage , not crying is a great achievement but she hopes that some day she will reach a better balance so that her tears will be for herself rather than to make an impression on others . |
| 8 | ‘ He is the man who murdered my father and sister when he attacked Tracy Castle , who made my other sister 's life such a hell that she killed herself rather than endure it any longer , and who then would have forced me to wed him in her place . ’ |
| 9 | I mean , she 's rejected by the man she loves and drowns herself rather than live without him . |
| 10 | Put your foot down , she told herself weakly as he pulled her gently towards him . |
| 11 | Marguerite was already there and she too seemed to have pulled herself together because she took charge of the conversation at once . |
| 12 | But she still laboured under the apprehension that she had to prove herself better than a famous opponent who has been more successful than any other English singles player of the decade . |
| 13 | Not because she considered herself better than the people who were forced by circumstance to reside there , but because she found the atmosphere depressing . |
| 14 | She checked herself so as not to rush and then advanced over-slowly , first took up the bottle of rum , poured a glass , then picked up a guinea , seemed , he thought ( and smiled ) to test it , pocketed it , brought him the rum . |
| 15 | His sister-in-law kills hers , along with its two small cousins , before swallowing poison herself sooner than surrender to the gas ovens . |
| 16 | ‘ You need your eyes tested , ’ she said to herself finally as she trudged on up the steps , the melting ice-creams dripping all over her fingers . |
| 17 | She held herself stiffly as the sensuous onslaught of his nearness battled with the frustration and bitterness that were never far from the surface whenever he was there . |
| 18 | In doing so she has laid herself low as well . |
| 19 | She did it by herself more than anything . |
| 20 | The philosopher Sartre believed that , in the act of love-making , the lover becomes at once subject and object — for she sees herself partly as the body desired by the lover . |
| 21 | How could she have been foolish enough to let it happen ? she asked herself inwardly as the lift slowed and stopped , and its wide metal doors sighed open . |
| 22 | And , if she did n't want to be a burnt-out case , too , she 'd better try and get some sleep , Laura told herself roughly as she slipped into bed and turned off the light . |
| 23 | She even detached herself composedly when he was within , to have both hands free to drop the heavy wooden bar into place and fasten the door , and then took him by the hand again to bring him safely to the door of the undercroft , across the uneven stones . |
| 24 | A few weeks ago she would have been looking forward to the show , but it had all fallen flat and she had to scold herself severely before she could whip up any enthusiasm at all . |
| 25 | And perhaps her friend was right , Lisa thought to herself now as she sank back in her armchair in front of the gas fire , put her feet up at last and took a mouthful of her cocoa . |
| 26 | She smiled to herself now as she drove through the outskirts of Edinburgh , eyes fixed like limpets on the black Mercedes in front of her — if she lost sight of Jake now , she was done for ! |
| 27 | Betty had heard the car stop in the lane and had begun to frighten herself even before she heard someone slip in the stream and swear , long before the knock on the door . |
| 28 | She moaned deep in her throat , despising her own weakness , hating herself even as her lips parted beneath his , hungry for more of him . |
| 29 | ‘ Loredana said she needed to support herself even though there are n't any children , ’ he said . |
| 30 | And she 'd never want to , she reminded herself resolutely as she turned her back on him and walked towards the house , acutely conscious of his eyes following her every step . |