Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] herself [adv] [prep] the " 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 | Sobbing for breath , she lowered herself on to the ladder . |
| 8 | Feeling less athletic , in fact weak and drained all over , she lowered herself slowly into the cool water . |
| 9 | Returning to the settle , she seated herself again by the child and said kindly , ‘ Come on now , come on . |
| 10 | He was looking across at her as she seated herself gingerly in the armchair opposite him . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Did she bail herself out in the end with over her money situation . |
| 13 | Did she bail herself out in the end with over her money situation ? |
| 14 | She got herself back to the lodging somehow . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Afterwards she found herself back at the Collector 's bedside in the same churning confusion of day and night . |
| 18 | She levered herself away from the door , crossed to the heavy old sideboard and took out the bottle of whisky and a glass . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | She let herself quietly into the house , and immediately heard the sound of voices coming from the living-room . |
| 21 | Ashamed of her excess of imagination , she let herself out into the street and covered the few yards to her car under the trees . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Then she let herself out of the farmhouse , and started to walk . |
| 26 | As she let herself in at the front door her mother 's voice came booming out of the kitchen . |
| 27 | The three words were not a great deal for Carrie to pin her hopes to , but she had a warm and happy glow deep inside her as she let herself in at the door of the cottage . |
| 28 | ‘ Not my sister , ’ she drew herself up in the chair . |
| 29 | She booked herself in for the works as she put it — a facial and full-body massage . |
| 30 | Glass in hand , she bundled herself out of the room . |