Example sentences of "[vb pp] herself [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having thus resigned herself to the passive lifestyle of a semi-invalid literary lady , she became a regular contributor to the Spectator , then edited by her father 's close friend Richard Holt Hutton [ q.v. ] , in which she published over fifty articles between 1880 and 1893 . |
| 2 | However , it seemed the news that a low-class woman had presented herself at the back door alerted Master Jobbernole to the possible reason for her presence and its consequences . |
| 3 | Could our good Christian Mrs Dallam possibly expose her daughter , and her friends ' daughters , to a woman like Marie , who has shown herself on a public stage for money , and lived with one man while married to another ? |
| 4 | But I followed landmarks — the glade of birch saplings ; the drift of unmelted snow where Kāli had helped herself to a frozen drink : the huge pine tree whose trunk had been gouged to a tenth of its width for jharo . |
| 5 | After her husband 's death she had borne herself with a mournful dignity which had done her standing no harm , and taken the funeral food to the tomb herself with a regularity and devotion which would have shamed women lamenting better-loved partners . |
| 6 | There was no other explanation ; she 'd gone and landed herself in the sole company of a madman . |
| 7 | This is because Britain could not have defended herself in the Cold War order , and the common enemy demanded common action . |
| 8 | She 'd treated herself to the new dress , from the boutique recommended by Anneliese . |
| 9 | Even so , she had hidden herself in the claustrophobic cabin , afraid she might be recognized . |
| 10 | But once the business had been established and the initial problems of setting it up had been dealt with , she had found herself with a certain amount of time at her disposal , time to relax , time to remember . |
| 11 | She 'd found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of teasing about her impromptu topless dip in the sea and her valiant rescuer , and she 'd fenced it as calmly as she could . |
| 12 | Once she suddenly landed up in hospital for what was not an emergency ; several times she had found herself in a new home ; and on one occasion she had arrived in another country with a new ‘ father ’ — all without warning or previous explanation . |
| 13 | The walls were maroon and the carpet was purple and the effect was expensive , but Lee felt as depressed as if she had found herself in the smelly hallway of a neglected and deprived residence . |
| 14 | She had found herself in the safe nook between Fenna 's sail-like wing and the crenellated and fantastic fortress of his spine . |
| 15 | Dr Whelan had spent three years at the Chester Beatty and had devoted herself to a detailed study of this particular Qur'an . |
| 16 | Buzz settled herself on the upright chair by Elinor 's bed , firmly clasping her old-fashioned handbag on her lap . |
| 17 | She 'd flattened herself against the outside wall like someone in a spy movie . |
| 18 | But Borssele has not simply contented herself with the odd leak . |
| 19 | Amy had thrown herself into the social round , while Catherine had begun a career in journalism . |
| 20 | The memories persisted , until she had worked herself into a peevish bout of self-pity , which was not improved by her discovery when she reached home that Hank had not shovelled the snow off the front walk before leaving for school . |
| 21 | Kathryn Stott has already established herself as a sensitive interpreter of French music with recitals of Fauré and Debussy , and now here she is in Ravel — and in two works at least ( Gaspard and Le tombeau de Couperin ) which are technically especially challenging . |