Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With some difficulty she slid open the side door and bundled herself in and spread herself across one of the triple seats . |
| 2 | Ruth pulled out a wicker chair from the breakfast table and sat down and helped herself to coffee . |
| 3 | Here she went to the dressing table where she sat down and regarded herself in the mirror . |
| 4 | Then she went through and threw herself on the comfortable cool silk bedcover , and lay in luxury , gazing up at the gently rotating white fan . |
| 5 | Julius came into the room , and she immediately went over and planted herself in front of him . |
| 6 | ‘ Ross … ! ’ she cried , running over and throwing herself into his arms . |
| 7 | She went over and perched herself on the ottoman at his feet . |
| 8 | This was the very thought in her head as she turned the corner of the corridor and back into the waiting room and saw the weeping figure of a woman hunched over and hugging herself with grief . |
| 9 | We keep an extra cover at the end of the bed , and she would pull that off and wrap herself in it . |
| 10 | Left alone , Meredith ignored her shaking legs and managed to strip off and ease herself into the heavy waist petticoats from beside the chest . |
| 11 | ‘ It might take a letter a week to get to Germany , might n't it ? ’ said Mrs Fanshawe , taking her rings off and amusing herself by making them flash in the sunlight right into Nurse Rose 's eyes . |
| 12 | Yeah and she 's totally focused , she 's er , I think she 's got two children erm her husbands works , she 's got two children she 's brought up and developed herself to be a branch manager or assistant branch manager er she 's got a degree h now do n't listen to this Lorraine , who it said mid thirties |
| 13 | ‘ You 've got to have the right bloke mind , ’ Yanto smiled at her , as she stood up and shrouded herself in his blanket . |
| 14 | One woman derelict told her that after living with three husbands for twenty-five years she had decided to give them up and devote herself to the task of viewing the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the British Isles . |
| 15 | Madame Gautier held the small silver tray of chocolates out for Ellie , who unable to resist , got up and helped herself to another one . |
| 16 | Hearing the slithering sound behind her she jumped up and pulled herself through the roof . |
| 17 | Claudia stared at him blankly , unable to take it in for several minutes , and when she did she cried out and launched herself at him , her hands raised . |
| 18 | Before it grew too chilly she climbed out and dried herself on her dirty shirt before dressing . |
| 19 | She loved them , and she loved the work though it left her with little time for going out and enjoying herself in the evenings . |
| 20 | She poured a little whisky into a glass , put the stopper back in the decanter , thought for a moment , then took it out and helped herself to a more sensible amount . |
| 21 | She reached out and helped herself to an almond pastry . |
| 22 | Then she fell upon him , leaning out and abandoning herself to his grip , throwing both legs up until she was rammed to the hilt of him , and feeling that marvellous pulse as he squandered his month of continence into her , spending on and on . |
| 23 | Tippy lay back and prepared herself for the worst afternoon of her life . |
| 24 | For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady . |