Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] herself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice lowered herself into the hole . |
| 2 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
| 3 | Linda buried herself in the crowd , exchanging words with this one and that and heading for the bar . |
| 4 | While Mary Ann busied herself in the kitchen , and the uncommunicative Emily disappeared , he took in his surroundings . |
| 5 | After Gloria had gone , lying in her cot with nothing to do , nothing to look at , Dot told herself about the hens laying in the country . |
| 6 | Concern 's chief executive , Aengus Finucane , in Somalia on a visit , said : ‘ Wendy Murphy , a nurse who was with Valerie , said Valerie threw herself to the floor of the car when the shooting started . |
| 7 | Biddy blamed herself for the crisis . |
| 8 | Dionne arranged herself along the couch . |
| 9 | Donna pressed herself against the wall in a bid to move away both from his presence and his foul-smelling breath . |
| 10 | Georgina plumped herself into the visitor 's chair . |
| 11 | The Sheikha settled herself in the dressing room , determined not to be too far away from her son at any time . |
| 12 | Meredith lost herself in the arrangements , and between them they managed to create a reasonable atmosphere again . |
| 13 | Angie saw herself in the crowd . |
| 14 | For a long time they clung together so until , with a haggard shaking of her head , Emilia freed herself from the embrace , struggled for , and found , a measure of composure . |
| 15 | As soon as the meal was over Didi excused herself on the grounds of a headache , leaving behind her an uneasy silence . |
| 16 | Determined to write herself out of her poverty , Buchi Emecheta launched herself on the book world with an autobiographical account of life in London for a young Nigerian single parent . |
| 17 | As the second show was coming to an end , Lucy sat herself in the makeup chair and made a sullen face and checked her watch frequently , with the idea that Josie should catch her doing it as she finally came in through the door . |
| 18 | Alexandra surveyed herself in the long glass on the wall . |
| 19 | As they began to climb the stairs , arms still wrapped around each other , Ronni asked herself for the hundredth time what she would do if he did . |
| 20 | Ruth hunched herself against the wind . |
| 21 | Rachaela lifted herself from the chair . |
| 22 | Léonie thrust herself into the musty blackness behind the barrel , found an arm , two arms , pulled . |
| 23 | And Maggie whisked herself down the stairs , out of the house and fifty yards along the street . |
| 24 | Selina established herself at the circular steel table : evening paper , teacup , a single , deserved cigarette . |
| 25 | Rachaela lost herself in the house as if it were essential that she must . |
| 26 | As her head cleared , Rachaela propped herself against the wall . |
| 27 | Jessica threw herself onto the floor on top of him , and put her tongue into his open mouth and kissed him till he smothered , rubbing her wet vagina hard onto his knee and thigh . |
| 28 | She gave Victoria a banana whenever she saw her and would tell Melanie to help herself from the baskets of nuts . |
| 29 | Helen amused herself with the pretence that she always lived this way . |
| 30 | Joe returned the warm plates of food to the table , and Dolly helped herself to the mint sauce . |