Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] herself [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nutty flung herself blindly at the opposition . |
| 2 | After six o'clock , when the cheap rate had started , Karen King let herself out of the side door of Aunt Jane 's bungalow and walked the quarter of a mile to the public call box . |
| 3 | It would have been impolite to refuse so Elisa found herself back in the sitting room . |
| 4 | A silence fell on the room , and its increasing heaviness made her heave herself up from the couch and take the three steps to throw herself on to the seat beside him ; and to put an arm around his shoulder and say , ‘ Come on , lad , come on . |
| 5 | Grimma picked herself up from the plank and nervously started to pick bits of rust off herself . |
| 6 | Léonie lowered herself on to the chair beside the bed , her magazine on her lap . |
| 7 | Loretta perched herself uncomfortably on the very edge of the jacket . |
| 8 | Rachaela eased herself up from the bed of sheets and pillows , skin and hair . |
| 9 | Even Jezrael hauled herself up by the strappings on a crate : silver lights shone through the mists of twilight . |
| 10 | After a triumphant journey of 30-odd feet , unfortunately executed backwards , Julia propelled herself neatly into the nearest restaurant and ordered an early rösti . |
| 11 | Relaxed and without the miserable depression of the previous few evenings , Julia pulled herself out of the water , rubbed herself vigorously with the hard , thin towel Annunziata had left there for her and went to dress . |
| 12 | Hussa arrived with her mother and while Shama eased herself on to the carpet and settled against a cushion , Hussa picked up one of the newspapers which a driver brought from the village each morning . |
| 13 | Mrs Totteridge swung herself down from the horse 's back and strode to the Range Rover . |
| 14 | He left , and Fran flung herself down on the bed , pummelling the pillow with her fists in a sudden explosion of temper . |
| 15 | The train pulled in at her station and Lee got herself out into the street , touching too many people , climbing ugly grey stairs , looking at posters advertising Tampax , warning about Aids , promising relief in the Bahamas , selling newspapers , selling theatre tickets , selling life , she thought , but it ca n't be bought , not really , it 's within . |
| 16 | Miss Fergusson expressed herself forcibly on the subject of popular superstition and the responsibility of the clergy . |
| 17 | With this comforting thought Henry rang the doorbell , hard , and watched his wife heave herself out of the chair and stump through to the hall . |
| 18 | Aggie pulled herself up from the seat , saying , tersely now , ‘ Well , love , she has . ’ |
| 19 | Aggie pulled herself up from the chair . |
| 20 | She put a hand up to touch his lips and gently with the other eased herself up from the sofa . |
| 21 | Flavia flung herself out of the room . |
| 22 | Virginia lowered herself carefully to the ground . |
| 23 | After Brunnhilde throws herself on to the pyre Valhalla comes to an end , to be replaced by a new era of human love . |
| 24 | Ana excused herself quickly at the sound of his tight voice and as she left the room Felipe fixed Mitch with a sceptical eye . |
| 25 | Mrs Gray was more relaxed now than when she had received Theodora a couple of hours ago and Theodora gave herself up to the pleasure of walking through the church yard to the church door . |
| 26 | And at that point his voice faded as Belinda got herself safely into the passage and out of earshot at last . |
| 27 | Rosa flung herself over to the other side of the bed . |
| 28 | By this pact Japan ranged herself firmly against the European nations with colonies in East and Southeast Asia . |
| 29 | Merrill made a determined effort to pull herself out of the glow induced by the wine and Luke 's compliments . |
| 30 | Anthea drew herself up in the chair and her dark eyes flashed like rapiers at Montgomery . |