Example sentences of "[vb past] herself for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They just were n't compatible , she told herself for the umpteenth time . |
| 2 | This is crazy , she told herself for the umpteenth time . |
| 3 | Tippy lay back and prepared herself for the worst afternoon of her life . |
| 4 | Security said they 'd send someone over right away , and she busied herself for the next few minutes with the half-dozen patients in the waiting area . |
| 5 | She mentally steeled herself for the long evening ahead , but , as it turned out , it was n't nearly as long as she had anticipated because towards the end of the evening she heard a sharp knocking on the door , and opened it to find André standing outside , a huge bunch of flowers in his arms . |
| 6 | Do I want this job so badly ? she asked herself for the hundredth time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | So what was wrong with her ? she asked herself for the hundredth time as she sat sipping a glass of wine in his apartment in the Barbican some weeks after they 'd first met . |