Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] herself [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the tower walls swung back into focus Isabel found herself clutching a chainmail tunic , quite unaware of the metal links cutting into her palms as she gazed straight into the ice-blue eyes of her husband . |
| 2 | But instead , for a dizzying instant , as he wrapped his cloak about her , Isabel found herself savouring a delicious sensation of feeling small and infinitely fragile , enclosed within his arms . |
| 3 | The reluctance with which Luke released her was palpable , his expression drawn into lines of hostility , and as she sat up , and then stood , Maria found herself deriving a savagely biting joy from the fact that she had surprised him . |
| 4 | Kathleen found herself heaving a sigh of relief . |
| 5 | They were soft slippers , decorated with amethyst for wearing on thick carpets and Hari found herself envying the girl who seemed to have everything in life she could possibly want . |
| 6 | Later , Hari forced herself to enter the workshop and get on with her repairs . |
| 7 | To her annoyance , Ronni found herself watching the long tanned fingers and remembering with a start how they had felt against her flesh . |
| 8 | But one fine day in early summer when the sky was blue and there was not a cloud in the sky , Maxine found herself cancelling an arrangement to meet a friend in town . |
| 9 | Maggie found herself clutching a young man . |
| 10 | For a miracle , almost boiling hot water poured out of the taps into the bath and Julia let herself have a really deep bath for once , lying there dreaming about the day when her life might be whole again and weaving plans to make it so , until the skin of her fingers and toes crinkled and the water felt cold . |
| 11 | Isabel heard herself ask the question but her attention was suddenly drawn to the servant setting food and trenchers on the table . |
| 12 | Jessamy found herself resenting the tranquillity of the scene when she felt so very unpeaceful inside herself . |
| 13 | Lindsey busied herself rearranging a pile of magazines . |
| 14 | Jessamy heard herself give a small gasp . |
| 15 | But , years later , Liz found herself visiting the Freud museum in Berggasse in Vienna , and there she suddenly saw it all — the red walls , the figurines , and , perhaps most distinctively , the predominance of red carpet-cushions , the characteristic mixture of Persian geometric patterns on floor and couch — a Jewish mixture , a Viennese mixture , a Freudian mixture ? |
| 16 | Dorothea allowed herself to make a pot of tea , in her dressing gown , and carry it back upstairs , to enjoy over the newspaper and any letters there might be , though she did not allow herself to return to bed . |
| 17 | Meanwhile Teresa finds herself learning the hard way how to survive in Africa and she discovers that its beauty is not without danger . |
| 18 | On 29th January , 1855 , Aberdeen 's Government had been heavily defeated in the House of Commons on a censure motion criticizing its conduct of the Crimean War , but it was not until 6th February that Queen Victoria brought herself to appoint the seventy-one-year-old Palmerston as Aberdeen 's successor , although his prestige and popularity had made him the inevitable choice as Prime Minister . |
| 19 | Christina found herself remembering the way the promising young architect had first come into their lives . |
| 20 | The narrator comments : The accounts of the torments to which Christina subjected herself convey a feeling of a disturbed personality although she apparently miraculously survived them . |
| 21 | Sarah occupied herself taking the coffee cups over to the sink . |
| 22 | Cecilia forced herself to show an interest in Daphne 's son and Daphne 's garden and after a while things grew easier . |
| 23 | The whole day had been a great strain and although they had attempted to resolve their differences and clear the air Rachel found herself dreading the prospect of working with David Markham on a permanent basis . |
| 24 | With the noise of the water splashing round her head and drumming into the bath , Melissa found herself reliving the time she had spent with Fernand in that dark , echoing cavern . |
| 25 | Glad to be alone in her familiar little room later , Leonora forced herself to face the indigestible truth . |
| 26 | Robyn forced herself to picture the scene he was unbelievably painting and shuddered . |