Example sentences of "she [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She merely revealed herself for what she was : a cloistered innocent , lacking the fashionable touch , too earnest by half in her endeavours to persuade a jaded world that she knew best . |
| 2 | Alix could not have afforded this solution , and would have thought it cheating had she been able to afford it , although she thoroughly despised herself for these scruples . |
| 3 | She almost offered herself for the fight , the surrogate , the already-victorious . |
| 4 | She mentally steeled herself for the long evening ahead , but , as it turned out , it was n't nearly as long as she had anticipated because towards the end of the evening she heard a sharp knocking on the door , and opened it to find André standing outside , a huge bunch of flowers in his arms . |
| 5 | He was obviously curious to see Stephen 's relative , and she mentally chided herself for revealing the state of things between Stephen and his half-brother . |