Example sentences of "[vb pp] herself [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having thus resigned herself to the passive lifestyle of a semi-invalid literary lady , she became a regular contributor to the Spectator , then edited by her father 's close friend Richard Holt Hutton [ q.v. ] , in which she published over fifty articles between 1880 and 1893 . |
| 2 | However , it seemed the news that a low-class woman had presented herself at the back door alerted Master Jobbernole to the possible reason for her presence and its consequences . |
| 3 | The fragment of the Quimper dish she had picked up from the dustpan on the kitchen floor that day when she and Thérèse had seen , when she saw , when the lady had shown herself for the second time . |
| 4 | There was no other explanation ; she 'd gone and landed herself in the sole company of a madman . |
| 5 | This is because Britain could not have defended herself in the Cold War order , and the common enemy demanded common action . |
| 6 | She 'd treated herself to the new dress , from the boutique recommended by Anneliese . |
| 7 | Even so , she had hidden herself in the claustrophobic cabin , afraid she might be recognized . |
| 8 | I was a war baby and a shame to my birth-dead mother who had given herself to the last-time-leave blandishments of my faceless father . |
| 9 | She 'd found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of teasing about her impromptu topless dip in the sea and her valiant rescuer , and she 'd fenced it as calmly as she could . |
| 10 | The walls were maroon and the carpet was purple and the effect was expensive , but Lee felt as depressed as if she had found herself in the smelly hallway of a neglected and deprived residence . |
| 11 | She had found herself in the safe nook between Fenna 's sail-like wing and the crenellated and fantastic fortress of his spine . |
| 12 | Although she had moulded herself into the demure and restrained wife suitable to Stephen 's position , deep down she still possessed the wild spirits which had led her into Sir William Forster 's arms . |
| 13 | In the bedroom she had done everything that Tom Horrocks had bidden her , reflexively , without panic ; yet she had known herself for the first time up against the frailty of the human organism — ; the mess of it , the degradation . |
| 14 | For the past five years she has devoted herself to the United Nations Children 's Fund and became its ambassador in an effort to help the world 's sick and starving children . |
| 15 | Buzz settled herself on the upright chair by Elinor 's bed , firmly clasping her old-fashioned handbag on her lap . |
| 16 | She 'd flattened herself against the outside wall like someone in a spy movie . |
| 17 | But Borssele has not simply contented herself with the odd leak . |
| 18 | Of whom there were more than a few I would imagine , thinking of how she had thrown herself on the poor defenceless Marcus . |
| 19 | Amy had thrown herself into the social round , while Catherine had begun a career in journalism . |
| 20 | And was it for this awfulness that she had taken the great jump that would divide her from the rest of her life , that she could never go back to , for this she had put herself beyond the pale and ruined her life ? |