Example sentences of "[vb pp] herself [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latest investigations also relate to incidents in 1988 when Mrs Mandela had returned to Soweto after years of banishment by the authorities to a remote town in the Orange Free State and had surrounded herself with a bodyguard of ‘ football club ’ thugs . |
| 2 | The police claimed she had escaped and then hanged herself from a tree . |
| 3 | She has busied herself in the promotion of senior civil servants ( looking for people with energy and commitment ) and regularly badgered departments about progress on particular policies — ‘ like a dog after a bone ’ an adviser claims . |
| 4 | At no time had she addressed herself to the credibility or otherwise of anything in the report . |
| 5 | ‘ Sara has never concerned herself with the business . ’ |
| 6 | About three weeks later , Jenny had resigned herself to the fact that she would stay . |
| 7 | By eleven that morning she had installed herself as the cleaning dragon and there were twenty-seven earthenware bowls soaking in a strong solution of bleach . |
| 8 | It 's like she had a multi-barrelled gun , and has n't just shot herself in the foot , but shot herself everywhere and blown her own head off , and no-one seems to have noticed . |
| 9 | But her wounds had begun to heal and yesterday she had felt herself on the verge of a promising beginning — an uphill struggle , perhaps , but a definite move towards new happiness . |
| 10 | — as she might have said herself at the time ) . |
| 11 | A serving-maid to all intents and purposes , she had presented herself at the door which gave access to the rear stairs , the garden stairs , which led to the royal apartments . |
| 12 | The thoughtful echo rang in her ears long after she 'd buried herself beneath the bed cover in the privacy of her room , and yearned for the oblivion of sleep . |
| 13 | She had never convinced herself of the reality of her pregnancy , she had never done anything about it . |
| 14 | She has valued herself as a beauty , and now that her looks have departed she is left with nothing : |
| 15 | Claire has armed herself with a fistful of the funny small American change . |
| 16 | Hell 's teeth , I 'm just going to phone again , am I , only an hour after the last time — ‘ Little Bina 's got herself into a mess , ran away from home and got her bag nicked , can you come and fetch her quick cos she 's very frightened ? ’ |
| 17 | How could she have got herself into a mess like this ? |
| 18 | It 's wonderful , but she 's got herself into a state . |
| 19 | Kate had surprised herself with the intensity of her response . |
| 20 | She thought that Elizabeth was foolish to have married a silent countryman and to have condemned herself to a life of boredom , and that she should have known better . |
| 21 | Angelina had cheered up considerably , having rid herself of the burden of guilt she was carrying . |
| 22 | Had she locked herself in a place of comparative safety ? |
| 23 | She could have kicked herself for the remark , for allowing Piers to see how much he got underneath her skin , but she could n't prevent herself . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , come on in then ! ’ had reseated herself in the chair , and motioned me to take my place next to her at the desk . |
| 25 | Why had she exposed herself to the danger of someone remarking on the likeness between her son and her escort , and making the obvious connection ? |
| 26 | She would have given herself to a man for whom she was nothing but another short-term conquest , and in a year , or six months , or however long it took him to tire of her , she would have found herself alone again . |
| 27 | Even though the arrangements made by London had gone wrong , she had still found herself in a position to fight the Nazis . |
| 28 | She could n't sleep , despite having walked herself into the ground that afternoon , among the sheep and the ferns and the wet grass . |
| 29 | She had introduced herself on the doorstep , often been invited in and asked the tenants to let her know if they had any problems with which she could help . |
| 30 | Mrs. Bidwell , the Laboratory cleaner , had insisted on visiting her broom cupboard , under escort , and had provided herself with a feather duster and a couple of rags with which she made a vigorous onslaught on the bookshelves . |