Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She flung herself to the floor and rolled to safety behind the half-opened door , the Beretta clenched tightly in her gloved hand . |
| 2 | She flung herself on the bed in a paroxysm of weeping , wailing like an animal in pain — until Mrs Taylor came running , and took her in her arms . |
| 3 | She flung herself on the end of the bed and began to bring him further up to date . |
| 4 | She flung herself across the room , beating helplessly on the door , whispering his name over and over as if the force of her desire would bring him back . |
| 5 | ‘ You really are a darling Barney , ’ Julie laughed , as she lowered herself into the rear of the two individual cockpits and pulled the waterproof liner around her waist . |
| 6 | When she lowered herself into the chair , there was a loud squelching noise similar to that made by a hippopotamus when lowering its foot into the mud on the banks of the Limpopo River . |
| 7 | Gingerly , she lowered herself onto the wall , and sat astride its smooth apex , still partially concealed by overhanging branches from the tree . |
| 8 | She seated herself at the desk . |
| 9 | She seated herself at the desk , relocated a floral display and smiled as the first patient walked into the room . |
| 10 | ‘ Does one , ’ asked Gay rhetorically , as she seated herself on the foot of the bed , ‘ quarrel with those to whom one is totally indifferent ? ’ |
| 11 | Then she seated herself on the edge of the bed and , breathing deeply , raised the phone up to her ear . |
| 12 | She seated herself by the fireplace , and motioned the two men to sit . |
| 13 | She seated herself in the bay window and said to George , ‘ Are you not supposed to be at Cambridge ? |
| 14 | She seated herself in the row in front of me , but before she did so she looked round , perhaps to see if after all there was anyone present whom she recognised . |
| 15 | On 11 February 1963 she gassed herself in the flat . |
| 16 | Do I want this job so badly ? she asked herself for the hundredth time . |
| 17 | So what was wrong with her ? she asked herself for the hundredth time as she sat sipping a glass of wine in his apartment in the Barbican some weeks after they 'd first met . |
| 18 | She draped herself round the doctor and adopted a childish air . |
| 19 | She prided herself on the last . |
| 20 | Alone in the dining room , having eaten the half-grapefruit set in her place by Curtis , she helped herself from the sideboard to fish pie cooked by Mrs Files . |
| 21 | So it was a short time later she found herself under the hard eyes of Sister Mary , the large nun she remembered from last night , and her very hard hand . |
| 22 | She used the buses and wherever she found herself on the last bus at night , whether at her own home or at her son 's , she would stay for the night only to set off again early the following morning . |
| 23 | She found herself on the threshold of Fearon 's bedroom : that was a bit tricky and she knew she ought to retreat there and then . |
| 24 | She had gulped in this exciting sense of heightened perception with the wind and rain , as soon as she found herself on the pavement outside the house . |
| 25 | Outside she found herself at the top of a fire escape . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Whether consciously or unconsciously , she found herself beside the ground where the cottage she had bought with Ryan had once stood . |
| 28 | Here the lane ended , and she found herself by the Green , facing the tiny weather-beaten church . |
| 29 | She found herself in the public library . |
| 30 | 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 . |