Example sentences of "[vb past] herself [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we arrived , Mary let herself in the front door and we entered the dining room . |
| 2 | Aided by her publicity adviser , Sir Gordon Reece , the mousy frump in sensible shoes and off-the-peg clothing transformed herself into the glamorous power-dresser , with coiffed blonde hair and capped teeth , who led President Mitterrand to slaver , ‘ She has the eyes of Caligula and the mouth of Marilyn Monroe . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I think Stephen wanted James to see the site first thing this morning before you took us down to the house , ’ Elaine said , and helped herself to a warm bun which she tore open , spreading it thickly with butter and lime jelly . |
| 5 | Still a bit shy , Luce hitched the thin sheet a shade higher to cover her nakedness and , having trapped it under her arms , helped herself to a flaky roll , which she spread liberally with butter and apricot jam . |
| 6 | Joe returned the warm plates of food to the table , and Dolly helped herself to the mint sauce . |
| 7 | She appeared more mature , bore herself in a different manner but did not look more than six or seven years older than her earlier self . |
| 8 | And a women who described herself as a social worker . |
| 9 | Finally , there was Miss Marita Calagarri , who described herself as an unemployed ship 's cook . |
| 10 | About to batter the floor with her heel , Lissa stopped herself with a superhuman effort and held herself rigid . |
| 11 | She looked into the eyes of this human peacock and found herself at a complete loss for words ; and he too seemed surprised by this girl who had agreed to be his bride : he looked up at her ( she was half a head taller than he ) in a way that she might have interpreted as hostile had she not been in too much of a turmoil herself to notice it . |
| 12 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |
| 13 | She was tied up until lunch with yet another department meeting but , after a sandwich in the refectory , found herself with a clear afternoon . |
| 14 | Almost without knowing how she had got there , Folly found herself on the other side of the double doors , pushing through a curtain of leaves that shrouded the entrance . |
| 15 | Since Robbie 's own heated state had been engendered by his unexpected physical onslaught , she found herself without a suitable answer . |
| 16 | When she emerged , she found herself in a small square beside a canal so wide that she immediately realised it must be the Grand Canal itself . |
| 17 | Kim soon found herself in a tiny tenement flat . |
| 18 | Benny found herself in a rock-walled tunnel , with bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling at regular intervals . |
| 19 | She was endeavouring to find her way to the courtyard when , reaching the end of one of the wide corridors , she found herself in a long gallery lined with portraits . |
| 20 | She scuttled through the door and found herself in a long drawing-room choked with old-fashioned furniture . |
| 21 | Bernice followed him , and found herself in a square space behind the staircase . |
| 22 | One morning , Clare found herself in a rumpled bed in a strange bedroom with only sixpence in her purse — not enough to get to work . |
| 23 | When Sarella pushed it open she found herself in a sunlit room full of the latest office equipment . |
| 24 | Opening it , she found herself in a large room in which row upon row of men sat behind video screens . |
| 25 | Cautiously she made her way down them and flicked on the light , gasping in appreciation as she found herself in an ultra-modern kitchen . |
| 26 | Grasping her small suitcase in one hand , Gina followed the sign , drawing up with a soft exclamation of pleasure as she found herself in an oblong courtyard surrounded on two sides by what was obviously her hotel , a tall building of nineteenth-century architecture , its red-tiled roof gabled and decorated with iron curlicues , its many-paned white-framed windows set in mellowed red brick reflecting the pale northern sunshine . |
| 27 | Later , she found herself in the front passenger seat of a comfortable grey Rover , and as the car negotiated the twists and turns of the mountainous road she stole side-glances at Silas 's profile . |
| 28 | She found herself in the public library . |
| 29 | Yeah erm again you need n't worry too much about the er erm about the ramifications of this Kenning died in twenty seven and Britain to some extent disentangled herself from the Greek revolt but the upshot was that in eighteen thirty Greece became an independent state . |
| 30 | Jessamy told herself with a dark frown . |