Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] herself [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its real mother will have to be put down after injuring herself during the birth , and the owners fear this could leave the young Arabian horse without the vital care it needs . |
| 2 | He kept summoning up more strength to attack the ‘ fatal evil of burying herself in the past . ’ |
| 3 | Her growing indignation at the way they were discussing her as though she were so much merchandise was abruptly swamped by misery at the thought of giving herself to the man she had dreamed of for years in such a cold-blooded manner . |
| 4 | Meg waited until she heard the main bedroom door shut before going herself to the bathroom . |
| 5 | She soaked herself with petrol before locking herself inside the back of the van for nearly a day . |
| 6 | But then she remembered what the wise old turtle had told her about putting herself in the dog 's place , and doing what she would want to have done to her . |
| 7 | Despite being repeatedly arrested and brought back home , bruised and beaten by the police , she finally got to see the King by throwing herself into the road in front of the Royal car . |
| 8 | Shortly before the war , she had committed suicide by throwing herself from the bridge into the path of a train . |