Example sentences of "[v-ing] herself [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither of them now took notice of Aggie 's returning to the room and seating herself down on the leather couch . |
| 2 | ‘ I love you — naught else matters , ’ she said , moving away and seating herself demurely on the furskin rug in front of the fire . |
| 3 | Dr Compton-Burnett ( as Roger Hinks remarked ) contravened the ‘ law of frontality ’ , presenting herself sideways to the camera . |
| 4 | Aggie mumbled something in her throat ; then , hastily pulling herself up from the couch , she said , ‘ Well , now we all know where we stand , so let's eat . |
| 5 | ‘ You should see the other feller , ’ she said , easing herself gently into the passenger seat of his Aston Martin . |
| 6 | Letting herself out of the gate , she noticed a familiar figure on the steps outside her door . |
| 7 | The women in this case are suspects in their own right , especially if we take notice of that boy , though from what you–say I ca n't see Anna 's mother hauling herself up on the scaffolding behind Benson 's , or making a run for it when the boy turned up . ’ |
| 8 | She was fighting her battles elsewhere , hauling herself out of the rut of common humanity to the point when she would be ready to accept the training the medicine man of the line of Armijah was destined to give her . |
| 9 | Too early for the ballet , Gina wandered around giving herself up to the magic of the gardens , walking round the lake where large metal dragon-flies appeared to hover as the flickering lights in their wings simulated movement . |
| 10 | She pressed closely against him , winding her arms round his neck and opening her mouth in welcome , giving herself up to the desire that flooded through her . |
| 11 | She did not like flying and the mental energy involved in getting through the ordeal without flinging herself down in the aisle and drumming her heels was considerable . |
| 12 | She unplugged the telephone and disconnected the doorbell , resolutely shutting herself off from the world as she manipulated her characters like pieces in a board game , reading their thoughts , putting speech into their mouths , controlling their destinies . |
| 13 | Virginia closed her eyes , let the darkness swirl unheeded around her , losing herself utterly in the pleasure of Guy 's caresses . |
| 14 | Oh , yes — yes , of course , Belinda , ’ she said , dragging herself back to the present . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , of course , ’ Merrill smiled , settling herself luxuriously in the car . |
| 16 | There was a pause , and Faye moved again , settling herself lower in the bed and taking her hand from her eyes . |
| 17 | But she had already felt the tremor of unstable ground beneath her feet and , throwing herself back from the danger zone , she was in time to prevent herself falling into the stream . |
| 18 | Sally was throwing herself all over the place and seemed to be enjoying it . |
| 19 | ‘ 'Eavenly , ’ said Dolly , digging herself deep under the bedclothes because she was naked . |
| 20 | ‘ Mr Blake ! ’ she said with enthusiasm , going over and plopping herself down on the bench beside him . |
| 21 | Miss Jarman was heaving herself out of the carriage with the help of the crabbed old driver ; marching up the steps and rapping on the front door shouting : |
| 22 | That was how it had been , perhaps that was where it had started , thought Liz , as she stared into past and future , before jerking herself back into the present , which now stood at 20.22 . |