Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] herself with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spurred on by her envious sisters , who convince her that her mystery spouse is really a foul serpent , she arms herself with a lamp to see him with and knife to attack him with . |
| 2 | Soon she aligned herself with a small group of women who wanted to break into publishing . |
| 3 | And if he decided that he did n't want a divorce ? she asked herself with a small shiver . |
| 4 | She consoled herself with the thought that Pet would have been dead before it happened . |
| 5 | She consoled herself with the fact that her daughter understood . |
| 6 | But though she had wished things might have been different , she consoled herself with the knowledge that it could come to nothing . |
| 7 | She remain uncertain still what was to be done with it , though she consoled herself with the thought that in entering the court of Le Grand Jeu and submitting to its verdict , she had already taken the first tentative steps . |
| 8 | As she acknowledged the formal expression of thanks for the information she had given , she consoled herself with the near-certainty that they knew most of it already . |
| 9 | She busied herself with the scissors , studying his hair intently . |
| 10 | Now she identified herself with the future , as freedom was breaking out everywhere , and Labour with the failed past . |
| 11 | Well , if she ever met Billy Sullivan on the street again she would feel less inhibited about talking with him , as long as he remained proper , she told herself with a smile . |
| 12 | She was getting out of this house for a while , she told herself with a resigned sigh . |
| 13 | Teaching summer school , she told herself with a quick dart of guilt , not kissing wild Sardinians in the middle of the ocean . |
| 14 | She soothed herself with the thought that the small deception she was about to practise was not the only reason for her attack of nerves : her own college in London , housed in a nondescript modern block , had nothing at all in common with the medieval gateway in front of her . |
| 15 | Then she corrects herself with a laugh . |
| 16 | She fanned herself with a magazine . |
| 17 | She fanned herself with the hat . |
| 18 | Another time she cut herself with the serrated edge of a lemon slicer ; on yet another occasion , during a heated argument with Prince Charles , she picked up a penknife lying on his dressing table and cut her chest and her thighs . |
| 19 | They were her Aladdin 's caves and , ever since her inheritance , open to her as often as she chose , though for most of the year she contented herself with a reminder of them in the small parcels . |
| 20 | Too confused to argue , she contented herself with a nod , greatly relieved when he stood aside , no longer impeding her route to the bathroom . |
| 21 | It was the feeling she had had as a child when she frightened herself with a detective story . |
| 22 | As she stood barefoot on the cold boards , she comforted herself with the thought that soon it would be spring , daffodils would raise proud trumpets to nod in the soft breezes and in the fields beyond the town lambs would be born . |
| 23 | It was an ordeal for Beth to be used for this night after night , but she comforted herself with the knowledge that he truly loved her and was always both gentle and considerate . |
| 24 | Rose 's mother showed the girls the house and the fowl and farm animals , including a pet goat who would n't let Rose milk her unless she sprayed herself with a perfume that the mother used . |
| 25 | The taxi nosed its way back into the traffic as she introduced herself with a soft Cockney accent and a shy manner . |
| 26 | Sometimes she exasperated herself with the stupid ideas she had . |
| 27 | She controlled herself with an effort . |