Example sentences of "[vb past] herself in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we arrived , Mary let herself in the front door and we entered the dining room . |
| 2 | She appeared more mature , bore herself in a different manner but did not look more than six or seven years older than her earlier self . |
| 3 | When she emerged , she found herself in a small square beside a canal so wide that she immediately realised it must be the Grand Canal itself . |
| 4 | Kim soon found herself in a tiny tenement flat . |
| 5 | Benny found herself in a rock-walled tunnel , with bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling at regular intervals . |
| 6 | She pushed open the only door , and found herself in a spacious but gloomy office . |
| 7 | She scuttled through the door and found herself in a long drawing-room choked with old-fashioned furniture . |
| 8 | She was endeavouring to find her way to the courtyard when , reaching the end of one of the wide corridors , she found herself in a long gallery lined with portraits . |
| 9 | Bernice followed him , and found herself in a square space behind the staircase . |
| 10 | One morning , Clare found herself in a rumpled bed in a strange bedroom with only sixpence in her purse — not enough to get to work . |
| 11 | When Sarella pushed it open she found herself in a sunlit room full of the latest office equipment . |
| 12 | But somehow , she found herself in a large , empty room . |
| 13 | Her new velvet cloak was whisked away , and she found herself in a large red room full of lights and people . |
| 14 | She found herself in a large square hall , with a pair of half-glazed doors ahead of her leading directly into the kitchen , and wooden double doors to her left , giving access to the rest of the house . |
| 15 | Opening it , she found herself in a large room in which row upon row of men sat behind video screens . |
| 16 | Seconds later she shoulder-charged the door , and found herself in an eerie moonlit room where she could distinguish nothing , except the deafening howls which seemed to reverberate off the walls . |
| 17 | Cautiously she made her way down them and flicked on the light , gasping in appreciation as she found herself in an ultra-modern kitchen . |
| 18 | Grasping her small suitcase in one hand , Gina followed the sign , drawing up with a soft exclamation of pleasure as she found herself in an oblong courtyard surrounded on two sides by what was obviously her hotel , a tall building of nineteenth-century architecture , its red-tiled roof gabled and decorated with iron curlicues , its many-paned white-framed windows set in mellowed red brick reflecting the pale northern sunshine . |
| 19 | Later , she found herself in the front passenger seat of a comfortable grey Rover , and as the car negotiated the twists and turns of the mountainous road she stole side-glances at Silas 's profile . |
| 20 | She found herself in the public library . |
| 21 | Alexandra surveyed herself in the long glass on the wall . |
| 22 | Maura pushed her way through the adults and stationed herself in the front room next to the table piled high with food . |
| 23 | ‘ At last Bertha managed to reach some big , sweet-smelling myrtle bushes , and she hid herself in the thickest bush . |
| 24 | " And what next ? " she asked herself in a low voice . |
| 25 | An elderly woman came in , seated herself in a rear pew and clasped her hands in prayer . |
| 26 | Mrs Ridley settled herself in a green velvet armchair , laying her stick carefully on the floor beside her . |
| 27 | He stirred it silently , as she settled herself in a rocking-chair opposite to him . |
| 28 | Paula looked at him wickedly as she settled herself in the front passenger seat . |
| 29 | Fran settled herself in the soft leather seat , not daring to glance at the two men in case she precipitated some sort of an adverse reaction . |
| 30 | Wycliffe lazed in his chair , while Helen lost herself in the zany twilight world of Iris Murdoch . |