Example sentences of "[vb pp] herself [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dawn Allenby , a masochist if ever there was one , should have prostrated herself at the feet of Desmond Fairchild , a sadist in a trilby hat worn with the brim turned up all the way round like vaudeville comic . |
| 2 | A bit of romanticism his mistress might have abhorred , Ruth suspected , as she had hardly enamoured herself with the locals , nor they with her . |
| 3 | However , the talents of her mind amply compensated for the defects of her person ; and if , with so few advantages , she was capable of writing with so much credit to herself , there can be no doubt but , if her career had been prolonged , she would have greatly distinguished herself in the annals of female literature [ |
| 4 | She had hardly settled herself against the pillows and let her thickened lids slide back over her aching eyeballs when she heard a knock on the door . |
| 5 | She must have thrown herself down the stairs ! |