Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] herself to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With one hand clamped between her legs to avoid dropping her load , she stepped astride the wooden animal , and gingerly lowered herself to the saddle . |
| 2 | She so endeared herself to the library staff that , as soon as a post became free , they organized it so it could be part-time to fit Susan 's family commitments . |
| 3 | She would not lower herself to the level he clearly thought suited her . |
| 4 | This weekend she had finally braced herself to the course of obtruding the existence of Len into the house . |
| 5 | Quickly introducing herself to the sister-in-charge , she looked around for the nearest unattended patient . |
| 6 | And just as she will not keep the caterpillar restricted to one plane of vision , so also she avoids obsessively restricting herself to the object . |
| 7 | P.S. I would like for Monica Seles ' fans to know that there 's nothing personal in my mentioning her , but given the circumstances I think I am right in using her as she did n't commit herself to the Tour Events much last year . |
| 8 | She grabbed the chairback , her head thick with drugged sleep , then lowered herself to the floor and sat there cross-legged . |
| 9 | She went upstairs to change after luncheon and then took herself to the chair by her bedroom hearth , and said she should want nothing further , all afternoon . |
| 10 | On the contrary — she had sworn never to marry , never to expose herself to the mercy of a man 's rough or abusive treatment . |