Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] herself [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this comforting thought Henry rang the doorbell , hard , and watched his wife heave herself out of the chair and stump through to the hall . |
| 2 | She put a hand up to touch his lips and gently with the other eased herself up from the sofa . |
| 3 | Merrill made a determined effort to pull herself out of the glow induced by the wine and Luke 's compliments . |
| 4 | Then the ship tore herself away from the reef , back broken , thirty feet of bow section diving free . |
| 5 | He grunted by way of greeting as the fat widow dumped herself down on the other chair , but did not raise his eyes from his reading . |
| 6 | After that , she never washed in any water but cold water except when she could borrow a steaming kettle from her aunt in order to wash herself piecemeal in the kitchen or the cramped wash-basin in the bathroom . |
| 7 | Unless a mother divorces herself completely from the essential tasks of child care , handing over her baby to others , her role will keep her in touch with the most basic elements of life ! |
| 8 | The women in this case are suspects in their own right , especially if we take notice of that boy , though from what you–say I ca n't see Anna 's mother hauling herself up on the scaffolding behind Benson 's , or making a run for it when the boy turned up . ’ |
| 9 | Big Momma settled herself down on the ceiling of the bathroom in number 31 , St George 's Road , Solihull , Birmingham , England . |