Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] herself [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dawn Allenby , a masochist if ever there was one , should have prostrated herself at the feet of Desmond Fairchild , a sadist in a trilby hat worn with the brim turned up all the way round like vaudeville comic . |
| 2 | Although I know that in these matters there is almost no limit to what people will do , I am horrified that Victoria should have subjected herself to an Aids test and — as I have heard happens — the offers of emotional counselling and financial advice . |
| 3 | She must have thrown herself down the stairs ! |
| 4 | — as she might have said herself at the time ) . |
| 5 | She could have kicked herself for the remark , for allowing Piers to see how much he got underneath her skin , but she could n't prevent herself . |
| 6 | She would have given herself to a man for whom she was nothing but another short-term conquest , and in a year , or six months , or however long it took him to tire of her , she would have found herself alone again . |