Example sentences of "who [vb -s] herself " in BNC.
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| 1 | like the old woman who crosses herself as the hearse moves on . |
| 2 | It could also turn the spotlight unfavourably on the assertive Mrs Clinton , who has herself become a ‘ campaign issue ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He meets a character who describes herself as a ‘ girl-spy ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A courtesan , an expensive courtesan , who drenches herself in sandalwood oil to cover the nauseating stench of the bedbugs with which she is infested . |
| 9 | An exception is fellow guest Jamie Lee Curtis who shows herself to be a fervent Soul II Soul fan . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's about a woman who liberates herself from her overpowering and dominant husband . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Any chick who fancies herself as a feminist ought to go and see Martha McGilchrist . |
| 14 | On the day he is told he has been cured , Henry receives a mysterious female visitor who introduces herself as a fellow thief . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I have no interest in a woman who prefers herself to anyone else . ’ |
| 17 | Victorious in war , and victorious also against the wiles of amorous Atene , Leo is taken to the ruler , who reveals herself to him as Ayesha and challenges him to view her in her hideous age . |
| 18 | And , when they were , the was panda was about to leave , you know , he 's all ready and the prostitute thought well well he ca n't realise so she got th , her dictionary out and looked up pand , looked for prostitute one who avails herself for money . |
| 19 | The ‘ angel ’ in question was an American woman who calls herself Rytasha . |
| 20 | Even the incoherent Rolle had studied at Oxford — and possibly at the Sorbonne — in his unregenerate days and Dame Julian , who calls herself ‘ a poor , uneducated creature ’ , was obviously familiar with scholastic theology and philosophy . |
| 21 | ‘ I have come here ready to prove that he is married , and the woman who calls herself his sister is really his wife , ’ said Holmes . |
| 22 | ‘ Even that whey-faced simpleton who calls herself Queen will understand a message pinned to fitzAlan 's dead body . |
| 23 | Cleopatra 's gradual development , from scheming flirt to a woman who finds herself deeply in love , lies at the very heart of the opera . |
| 24 | A French film maker , François Margolin , has produced a new film , ‘ Mensonges ’ ( ‘ Lies ’ ) , in which Nathalie Baye plays a woman who finds herself pregnant and also seropositive for AIDS — because her lover , played by Didier Sandre , had concealed a homosexual affair . |
| 25 | Alice in Wonderland is a text adventure game based on the very famous story 2f a young girl who finds herself in a strange land full of strange creatures and strange places . |
| 26 | Paula plays Diane , the oldest entrant , who finds herself competing against her daughter . |
| 27 | Anyway poor Ophelia emerges as a tragic woman who drowns herself in a river , flowers in her hand , hair spread out like a veil around her . |
| 28 | He is very open , not nearly as controlled as Lucy Snowe , who restrains herself constantly . |
| 29 | Jane is a disgruntled , mean and worldly woman who presents herself as the victim of the men she sets out to attract and soon sees through and rejects . |
| 30 | It is very important to go to the mikva on time , and the woman who puts herself out and goes to the mikva even when it is not convenient to go , is commended by the rabbis in Jewish literature . |