Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] [verb] herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God has a way on retreats such as this of bringing home to us the challenge of a first-order question : ‘ Do you love me in the way Mary loved me and allowed herself to be used for my mission ? ’ |
| 2 | Josh Thayer 's warm brown eyes swam before her , and for a moment she wished she could simply find him and throw herself into his comforting arms . |
| 3 | Charlotte was glad of the excuse to leave him and busy herself in the kitchen . |
| 4 | She wanted only to rid herself of the blocks Ewan had inflicted on her and lose herself in a new future . |
| 5 | Matilda went after her and found herself in what seemed to be a dark narrow tunnel . |
| 6 | Sally Varna stepped out of her bath , reluctant to leave the froth of delicately scented bubbles , reached for one of the enormous pink towels the maid had laid out ready for her and wrapped herself in it . |
| 7 | She could not glare at it or protect herself by clutching at the chair 's arms . |