Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] herself in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The owner , Petra Zuidinga prides herself in the decor which is her own design and you are guaranteed a warm welcome and comfortable stay . |
| 2 | Bernice scrambled madly through the twisted wreckage as Anushkia Smyslov lost herself in the chaos , shouting orders . |
| 3 | Mrs Ridley settled herself in a green velvet armchair , laying her stick carefully on the floor beside her . |
| 4 | The troubled programme has been bedevilled by the tardiness of some countries in implementing the 278 proposals required to remove all internal frontiers to business , and Mrs Thatcher found herself in the slightly unusual position of being praised by Mr Jacques Delors , the president of the European Commission , for being in the vanguard of the reform process . |
| 5 | While Mary Ann busied herself in the kitchen , and the uncommunicative Emily disappeared , he took in his surroundings . |
| 6 | Her thoughts were interrupted by the unusual sight of Fru Møller stationing herself in the middle of the study and clearing her throat . |
| 7 | Where Macbeth had been concealed or opaque to Duncan , and was thus in a superior position , manipulating him by pretence , we now see Lady Macbeth putting herself in the dominant position , planning to manipulate her husband : Macbeth is now transparent to her , and she to us . |
| 8 | Here Alice Walker finds herself in a typical double bind : the cultural and political conditions of her novel are deracinated ; it becomes immensely popular among white middle-class readers who , unsurprisingly , have read few other black writers ; it is accused of assuaging white guilt , of being charmingly apolitical … |
| 9 | MODEL Jerry Hall put herself in the picture when she opened an art show yesterday . |