Example sentences of "herself with [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely it would be better to content herself with that than stay on , laying herself open to inevitable heartbreak . |
| 2 | Milan , Caroline said to herself with that sudden , strange insight fate often provides . |
| 3 | As it was , Europe had not been able to supply herself with all her needs since the middle of the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | Jezrael hated being the only one there who wore a bodysuit but she would have hated more the embarrassment of displaying herself with all her imperfections to the crude and lumpen miners . |
| 5 | Having accepted that she must wear it , Alexandra then set herself to dress for the pleasure of the Rectory children , throwing good taste to the winds and insisting upon hanging herself with all that glittered from the jewel box Aunt Emily had left her , its rose suede depths heaped with treasures from Richard Talbot . |
| 6 | She is not only asserting herself as an artist , she has painted herself with all the bloom and freshness of a young woman although she was in her mid sixties when it was made ! |
| 7 | But she had re-entered the world of music , she comforted herself with this ; in the least expected way she was back in the life from which Mike and his family and marriage had threatened to cut her off for ever . |
| 8 | His lips continued to hold her captive , weaving some dark spell around her that seduced her senses and lured her into sharing a virgin part of herself with this man … this man , with whom , of all the men she had ever met , she wanted least to share these secrets of herself . |
| 9 | She sat down again , hugging herself with both arms . |
| 10 | Bridget made a sympathetic comment and then went off to busy herself with another chore . |
| 11 | She busied herself with some clothes . |
| 12 | It had taken her four years to get over him ; four years to get to the point where she could tell herself with some conviction that she had shaken off the last of the memories and was really ready to get on with her life . |
| 13 | They all knew that Freddie had , as usual , ended yet another affair , but they reckoned that Liza could have consoled herself with any number of more suitable admirers . |
| 14 | In cichlids this seems to pose no particular problem , perhaps because the average female cichlid will content herself with any mate if an appropriate one is not available . |
| 15 | It seems a good thing that she should occupy herself with these children next door . |
| 16 | I hope that Marjorie is not just amusing herself with these children . |
| 17 | Ronni had plenty of time to torture herself with these thoughts as they made the journey back to Olbia , barely exchanging a word the whole way . |