Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] herself [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daalny stood tense and at a loss for one moment , before she flung herself bodily into the open doorway , as though she feared the door might be slammed again before she could prevent , though Cadfael made no move . |
| 2 | Jamie 's prophetic words floated back to her and she flung herself on to the bed , staring at nothing , her body rigid with the tension of a woman in the grip of violent , unsated desire . |
| 3 | She flung herself out of the kitchen and along the passage . |
| 4 | After they had told her Wexford and Burden sat helplessly while she flung herself face-downwards on the sofa and sobbed into the cushions . |
| 5 | Breathlessly she flung herself down on the window seat . |
| 6 | Then suddenly she flung herself down on the bed and closed her eyes . |
| 7 | Slowly she lowered herself on to a dead log and sat there . |
| 8 | Sobbing for breath , she lowered herself on to the ladder . |
| 9 | Feeling less athletic , in fact weak and drained all over , she lowered herself slowly into the cool water . |
| 10 | Returning to the settle , she seated herself again by the child and said kindly , ‘ Come on now , come on . |
| 11 | He was looking across at her as she seated herself gingerly in the armchair opposite him . |
| 12 | She lathered herself languidly beneath the refreshing jets of water , letting the spray caress every hot , sticky part of her with a glorious wave of sensual awareness . |
| 13 | Did she bail herself out in the end with over her money situation . |
| 14 | Did she bail herself out in the end with over her money situation ? |
| 15 | She got herself back to the lodging somehow . |
| 16 | Somehow she got herself out of the room , and up the stairs before anyone appeared to speak to her , tore off her clothes , and then hid the betraying underwear in a Gladstone bag which she later threw off Waterloo Bridge after she had left the embassy , pretending to go with Laura Parslow on her European tour , but actually having hired herself out to J. D. O'Connor , and gone to the East End . |
| 17 | At Universal , she found herself painfully opposite the eponymous talking mule in Francis Joins The Wacs ( 1954 ) and as the female lead in Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Cops , ( 1955 ) but had delightful moments in Has Anybody Seen My Gal ? ( 1952 ) singing ‘ The Red Red Robin ’ while bobbing around doing the housework . |
| 18 | As she slipped into the water beside them Rachel was aware that David had thrown a large orange ball into the pool before jumping in himself , and within seconds she found herself part of a noisy , boisterous game of water hand-ball . |
| 19 | Afterwards she found herself back at the Collector 's bedside in the same churning confusion of day and night . |
| 20 | She levered herself away from the door , crossed to the heavy old sideboard and took out the bottle of whisky and a glass . |
| 21 | She levered herself up on an elbow , gazing down at his handsome , tanned face . |
| 22 | ‘ We 're going to have to do something — because I simply ca n't tell you two imps of mischief apart , ’ Laura muttered , groaning as she levered herself up against the pillows . |
| 23 | To keep herself from sleep she suspended herself ingeniously upon a large cross which hung in her room … and should this fail she attached her hair [ the one lock she had not shaved off to the nail in the feet of her Christ so that the least relaxation would inflict terrible suffering on her … |
| 24 | She let herself quietly into the house , and immediately heard the sound of voices coming from the living-room . |
| 25 | Ashamed of her excess of imagination , she let herself out into the street and covered the few yards to her car under the trees . |
| 26 | As she let herself out into the garden through the kitchen door , she gave a small shiver that had absolutely nothing to do with the autumnal chill in the air . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm helping to set out the stalls for the hospital bazaar — should be back about midday , ’ she called , as she let herself out of the house . |
| 28 | Then she let herself out of the door and walked through the yard , muttering quietly to Ferry , so that he would know who it was . |
| 29 | Then she let herself out of the farmhouse , and started to walk . |
| 30 | As she let herself in at the front door her mother 's voice came booming out of the kitchen . |