Example sentences of "settle herself [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 She settled herself on the carpet and the fine cotton was stacked beside her .
2 Rapidly clearing away some bric-à-brac — a fan , a mandolin , a rusty bird cage — from a velvet throne , she invited Ruth to sit down , and settled herself on the edge of a dress-basket .
3 Miss Hervey took the reading and entered it , and Isobel settled herself in the chair , the baby on her lap , and unbuttoned her blouse .
4 The Sheikha settled herself in the dressing room , determined not to be too far away from her son at any time .
5 Paula looked at him wickedly as she settled herself in the front passenger seat .
6 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 .
7 There was a nice cool breeze wafting up from the river as she settled herself in the shelter of the huge willow tree , at the water 's edge .
8 Gripping the leather straps provided , she settled herself against the supporting pole .
9 Buzz settled herself on the upright chair by Elinor 's bed , firmly clasping her old-fashioned handbag on her lap .
10 She had hardly settled herself against the pillows and let her thickened lids slide back over her aching eyeballs when she heard a knock on the door .
11 She looked round swiftly to check whether the others had seen him but Conrad was pouring wine and chattering , Philippa was settling herself into the crimson beanbag , Larry was moving around in the kitchen , John was sipping his drink and testing out her rocking-chair and the lad with the twisted arm was hovering , uncomfortably .
12 Settling herself on the window seat , Vi shook her head .
13 I did as she suggested , keeping my dressing-gown on , and watched her settle herself in the arm-chair and get her knitting out .
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