Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] herself [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
| 2 | TONI Halliday sees herself as a hard NorthEast woman . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | After the high energy opening of ‘ The Locomotion ’ Kylie launched herself into a raunchy version of her second bit hit ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ . |
| 5 | Alexandra surveyed herself in the long glass on the wall . |
| 6 | Connie parked herself on a white divan and poured out some black steaming liquid . |
| 7 | As they began to climb the stairs , arms still wrapped around each other , Ronni asked herself for the hundredth time what she would do if he did . |
| 8 | About to batter the floor with her heel , Lissa stopped herself with a superhuman effort and held herself rigid . |
| 9 | Benny found herself in a rock-walled tunnel , with bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling at regular intervals . |
| 10 | Léonie thrust herself into the musty blackness behind the barrel , found an arm , two arms , pulled . |
| 11 | Selina established herself at the circular steel table : evening paper , teacup , a single , deserved cigarette . |
| 12 | Claudia Yeo nerved herself for a final effort . |
| 13 | Joe returned the warm plates of food to the table , and Dolly helped herself to the mint sauce . |
| 14 | Stray shots buzzing all around , Ace threw herself behind a large fallen stalactite a few yards from the sandbags , just as her ammunition ran out . |
| 15 | Silvia perched herself with a broad smile on the edge of the bed . |
| 16 | Wycliffe lazed in his chair , while Helen lost herself in the zany twilight world of Iris Murdoch . |
| 17 | Tabitha flung herself at the hard bunk with an angry sigh . |
| 18 | Jessamy told herself with a dark frown . |
| 19 | When Defries pulled herself over the projecting fragments of glass and into the cockpit , Daak was still half out of the pilot 's seat , staring at Ace 's back and her wind-whipped hair . |
| 20 | Fran settled herself in the soft leather seat , not daring to glance at the two men in case she precipitated some sort of an adverse reaction . |
| 21 | When we arrived , Mary let herself in the front door and we entered the dining room . |
| 22 | However , while searching the many rooms for signs of the species Homo Sapiens , Daisy caught herself on a mystic spinning wheel and fell into a sleep so deep it would surely last for a hundred years ( zzzzzzzz ! — Ed ) . |
| 23 | Orlan , 45 , is currently showing a video of her last operation as she tours Australia to display herself as a living work of art . |
| 24 | From 1907 Richardson devoted herself to a journalistic career , publishing periodical articles on topics which ranged from literature and politics to dentistry , as well as reviews , sketches , short stories , and poems . |
| 25 | Alina perched herself on the far end of the three-seater . |
| 26 | The fact , however , that Britain linked herself to the German economy through the ERM meant that , far from conducting the opposite policies to Germany 's — which it would have been in her real interest to do — she had to follow suit . |
| 27 | CATHERINE Zeta Jones sees herself as the new Barbra Streisand . |
| 28 | Several Conservative MPs repudiated the Group and Mrs Thatcher dissociated herself from the critical remarks . |
| 29 | Mrs Ridley settled herself in a green velvet armchair , laying her stick carefully on the floor beside her . |
| 30 | Film stars , such as Marilyn Monroe , are likely candidates , and the pressure of such a role can create unbearable conflict ; Monroe killed herself at an early age and at the height of her popularity . |