Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] herself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here she went to the dressing table where she sat down and regarded herself in the mirror . |
| 2 | Then she went through and threw herself on the comfortable cool silk bedcover , and lay in luxury , gazing up at the gently rotating white fan . |
| 3 | She went over and perched herself on the ottoman at his feet . |
| 4 | Left alone , Meredith ignored her shaking legs and managed to strip off and ease herself into the heavy waist petticoats from beside the chest . |
| 5 | One woman derelict told her that after living with three husbands for twenty-five years she had decided to give them up and devote herself to the task of viewing the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the British Isles . |
| 6 | Hearing the slithering sound behind her she jumped up and pulled herself through the roof . |
| 7 | She loved them , and she loved the work though it left her with little time for going out and enjoying herself in the evenings . |
| 8 | Tippy lay back and prepared herself for the worst afternoon of her life . |
| 9 | For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady . |
| 10 | ‘ What happened next I do not know , ’ said the servant , ‘ but a year later she came to our house here and threw herself into the mistress 's arms and begged her to take her in . |
| 11 | Alone once more , she walked and walked , and when she became too hot to carry on , she swam again and dried herself in the sun . |