Example sentences of "[adv] she [verb] herself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally she shut herself in the attic room on Ella 's day off and sobbed until she ached in body and soul . |
| 2 | Outside she found herself at the top of a fire escape . |
| 3 | So it was a short time later she found herself under the hard eyes of Sister Mary , the large nun she remembered from last night , and her very hard hand . |
| 4 | Twenty minutes later she found herself inside the Head 's office , white and trembling , so obviously terrified that the Head herself was taken aback . |
| 5 | Now she identified herself with the future , as freedom was breaking out everywhere , and Labour with the failed past . |
| 6 | Time and again she told herself she was fortunate to see the back of him , so often she reminded herself of the despicable way he had behaved . |
| 7 | Sometimes she exasperated herself with the stupid ideas she had . |
| 8 | Then she seated herself on the edge of the bed and , breathing deeply , raised the phone up to her ear . |
| 9 | She danced on , oblivious , then he must have said something , and she danced seductively , fluidly , to the edge of the roof , hips moving slow , a big smile on her face as she looked down at Lewis , then she threw herself off the roof . |
| 10 | But then she reminded herself of the promise she had made to another whom she loved . |