Example sentences of "[vb past] herself to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joe returned the warm plates of food to the table , and Dolly helped herself to the mint sauce . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Barely managing to hold her breath for the extra few seconds , she hauled herself to the other side of the object first , before surfacing . |
| 4 | She confined herself to the upper part of the house , severing all contact with her husband and the other members of the household . |
| 5 | Leonora restricted herself to the main tableland of the island , knowing perfectly well that Penry had her safety in mind in his veto of exploration on her own . |