Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] herself with " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grief-stricken widow refused to leave her dead husband 's side , and even crawled into his bed in a vain attempt to infect herself with his disease . |
| 2 | A YOUNG mother suffering from post-natal depression killed herself with an overdose of drugs after leaving her baby daughter alone in their home . |
| 3 | As a single woman living with her uncle , the negligent landlord Mr Brooke , Dorothea has good reason to concern herself with cottages , although she intends them for the estate of the obliging Sir James , having presumably abandoned her uncle as a hopeless case . |
| 4 | JENNY was waiting for her in the lounge of the Black Lion occupying herself with an evening newspaper . |
| 5 | But — quite apart from the issue of whether a woman like myself can in any meaningful way identify herself with women in the remote past — one must ask how could this be useful theologically ? |
| 6 | It was ajar and he could see the young woman busying herself with chores before reopening the shop for the afternoon trade . |