Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] herself [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
| 2 | Alexandra surveyed herself in the long glass on the wall . |
| 3 | Aided by her publicity adviser , Sir Gordon Reece , the mousy frump in sensible shoes and off-the-peg clothing transformed herself into the glamorous power-dresser , with coiffed blonde hair and capped teeth , who led President Mitterrand to slaver , ‘ She has the eyes of Caligula and the mouth of Marilyn Monroe . ’ |
| 4 | Hideki 's mother was educated and emancipated , but on marriage subjugated herself to the traditional Japanese wife 's domesticated role . |
| 5 | Léonie thrust herself into the musty blackness behind the barrel , found an arm , two arms , pulled . |
| 6 | Selina established herself at the circular steel table : evening paper , teacup , a single , deserved cigarette . |
| 7 | The old lady sat herself on the red plush sofa and behind her the woodwork of the grand piano gleamed in the dim light . |
| 8 | Joe returned the warm plates of food to the table , and Dolly helped herself to the mint sauce . |
| 9 | Wycliffe lazed in his chair , while Helen lost herself in the zany twilight world of Iris Murdoch . |
| 10 | Tabitha flung herself at the hard bunk with an angry sigh . |
| 11 | When Defries pulled herself over the projecting fragments of glass and into the cockpit , Daak was still half out of the pilot 's seat , staring at Ace 's back and her wind-whipped hair . |
| 12 | Fran settled herself in the soft leather seat , not daring to glance at the two men in case she precipitated some sort of an adverse reaction . |
| 13 | When we arrived , Mary let herself in the front door and we entered the dining room . |
| 14 | The dictates of self-preservation often ensured that the respectable young working woman dissociated herself from the known prostitute , since association with prostitutes rendered a woman 's character suspect to the police and could lead to her name being placed on the registration list . |
| 15 | When the other woman folded herself into the delicate embrace , she was shocked at how thin her friend had become . |
| 16 | Almost without knowing how she had got there , Folly found herself on the other side of the double doors , pushing through a curtain of leaves that shrouded the entrance . |
| 17 | Alina perched herself on the far end of the three-seater . |
| 18 | The fact , however , that Britain linked herself to the German economy through the ERM meant that , far from conducting the opposite policies to Germany 's — which it would have been in her real interest to do — she had to follow suit . |
| 19 | Several Conservative MPs repudiated the Group and Mrs Thatcher dissociated herself from the critical remarks . |
| 20 | Yeah erm again you need n't worry too much about the er erm about the ramifications of this Kenning died in twenty seven and Britain to some extent disentangled herself from the Greek revolt but the upshot was that in eighteen thirty Greece became an independent state . |
| 21 | During this interlude , Charlotte reminded herself of the different bluffs and deceptions each was practising . |
| 22 | Leonora restricted herself to the main tableland of the island , knowing perfectly well that Penry had her safety in mind in his veto of exploration on her own . |