Example sentences of "[vb past] herself in the [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | She found herself in the public library . |
| 4 | Alexandra surveyed herself in the long glass on the wall . |
| 5 | Maura pushed her way through the adults and stationed herself in the front room next to the table piled high with food . |
| 6 | ‘ At last Bertha managed to reach some big , sweet-smelling myrtle bushes , and she hid herself in the thickest bush . |
| 7 | Paula looked at him wickedly as she settled herself in the front passenger seat . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Wycliffe lazed in his chair , while Helen lost herself in the zany twilight world of Iris Murdoch . |
| 10 | Turning to the mirror , she saw herself in the long white silk dress , clinging to her slender body , curving off the shoulders , accentuating her fine collarbones , tight at the waist then flaring out with clouds of taffeta below that made it seem as if she floated rather than walked . |
| 11 | She glanced down at her hand , wondering yet again why the memory of that day should be so insistent tonight , then her lovely face became expressionless as she wrapped herself in the familiar cloak of indifference . |