Example sentences of "[verb] herself [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | After six o'clock , when the cheap rate had started , Karen King let herself out of the side door of Aunt Jane 's bungalow and walked the quarter of a mile to the public call box . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Then she let herself out of the farmhouse , and started to walk . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Ashamed of her excess of imagination , she let herself out into the street and covered the few yards to her car under the trees . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She let herself quietly into the house , and immediately heard the sound of voices coming from the living-room . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | She levered herself away from the door , crossed to the heavy old sideboard and took out the bottle of whisky and a glass . |
| 11 | After delivering 10-year-old William and eight-year-old Harry to Charles on Wednesday night , the princess chose to hide herself away from the world at her family home of Althorp , ready for her worst Christmas ever . |
| 12 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 13 | Mandy managed to pull herself away from the glasses long enough to roll green eyes at her cousin and wrinkle her freckled nose . |
| 14 | Merrill made a determined effort to pull herself out of the glow induced by the wine and Luke 's compliments . |
| 15 | Nuadu could see that her fingers were gone now , and that she was trying to pull herself back into the heartwood , which would have been her dwelling and the place from which she drew sustenance and vitality , but the Robemaker made another of his sudden curt gestures and the slaves fell to their work again , sweat streaming from their half-clad bodies and Nuadu saw the heartwood splinter and fall apart . |
| 16 | Afterwards she found herself back at the Collector 's bedside in the same churning confusion of day and night . |
| 17 | It would have been impolite to refuse so Elisa found herself back in the sitting room . |
| 18 | MOTORIST Nicky Lockyer left her dog in her car while she scraped ice off the windscreen and found herself out in the cold for two hours . |
| 19 | Neither of them now took notice of Aggie 's returning to the room and seating herself down on the leather couch . |
| 20 | ‘ I love you — naught else matters , ’ she said , moving away and seating herself demurely on the furskin rug in front of the fire . |
| 21 | ‘ Not my sister , ’ she drew herself up in the chair . |
| 22 | Anthea drew herself up in the chair and her dark eyes flashed like rapiers at Montgomery . |
| 23 | She had been one of the founder members of the Institutional Management Association in Yorkshire and later involved herself additionally in the Hotel & Catering Institute and always kept in contact with the professional association throughout her career . |
| 24 | Is it possible , ’ wondered the earl , appealing deferentially to Prior Robert 's more profound instruction in things holy , ‘ that for some beneficent purpose of her own she may have transferred herself miraculously from the place where she was laid ? |
| 25 | While the others stood and gawped , she had already pushed herself over to the storage lockers and was busy tossing the flimsy emergency spacesuits over . |
| 26 | She said she might as well chuck herself out of the window . |
| 27 | Glass in hand , she bundled herself out of the room . |
| 28 | She booked herself in for the works as she put it — a facial and full-body massage . |
| 29 | She placed the cheque in her bag , let herself out through the back way and , checking that Ryan had gone , because she did n't want him following her , she walked along the lane , careful not to trip on muddy ruts . |
| 30 | Going into the hall , she flung on a coat , pocketed the keys lying on the silver salver , and let herself out into the night . |