Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She takes a left turn at random and finds herself in an area of derelict buildings , burned out and boarded up , the site , she realizes , of the previous year 's rioting . |
| 2 | She felt numb and tired and surprised herself by managing to sleep deeply and well . |
| 3 | He silenced her with more kisses as he tried to remind himself that this young girl was not only innocent but trusted herself to his care ; that her father trusted him , and however uninhibited she might now appear to be , he must not abuse that faith . |
| 4 | She was jealous and saw herself as a failure . |
| 5 | Many commentators interpreted Aquino 's action as an attempt to revive her reputation as a populist and to distance herself from the charges of nepotism , corruption and incompetence which had been increasingly directed against her government by critics from both the right and the left . |
| 6 | Ianthe flushed and busied herself with the coffee tray . |
| 7 | Dionne went for the outlaw type , or so she said , then mothered and civilised them until they were unrecognisable , and when her dream of civilised and raunchy equality went out the slammed door , there she was alone again , smoking a little more than usual , drinking a little more than necessary and swearing herself to celibacy until the next sulky brow slouched into view and stole her hopeful heart away . |
| 8 | She took the report , told them all where to find her if necessary and shut herself in her office . |