Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [coord] [verb] herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She licked her fingers and applied herself to her beer . |
| 2 | Her head swam ; she shut her eyes and pressed herself against the wall , fighting to steady herself for the return trip , struggling to contain an urge to vomit . |
| 3 | She wiped the filth out of her eyes and pulled herself into the wreckage of the cockpit . |
| 4 | The day was Thursday , the start of the academic week ; Flavia combed her hair , washed her eyes and marched herself to the tower . |
| 5 | The music blared out around them — Beatles songs from the Sixties — and for a brief space of time Rachel forgot her worries and allowed herself to be caught up in Belinda 's simple pleasures . |
| 6 | She frequently attacked her attendants and discharged herself from institutions where she had been sent for treatment . |
| 7 | It showed a girl by a sunlit window with her back turned , apparently drying her loins and watching herself in the mirror at the same time . |
| 8 | She spent time with her friends and restricted herself to ten minutes on the perfection of Lucy . |
| 9 | The lady smiled and sat down opposite the Wisharts , she carefully placed the wicker basket on the seat next to her , then folded her arms and composed herself in relaxation . |
| 10 | But then I realised you had joined the queue of dolour — I take it from your sparkling eyes that Lucy 's dropped her drawers and flung herself into sapphic bliss ? ’ |
| 11 | She basked in it , she took off her clothes and browned herself in it . |
| 12 | Stiff , wooden and unresponsive , she stood in his arms and watched herself in his eyes . |