Example sentences of "[vb base] herself in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benny swallowed the barley sugar rather than be accused of eating sweets in the public view , and let herself in the back . |
| 2 | Some geldings will ‘ tease ’ mares , and so can be a danger if on the other side of a wire fence , as a mare may strike out or kick at the gelding and injure herself in the fence . |
| 3 | And then he would remember how it was , there on the island in the lantern light ; how he had watched her lose herself in the tune she had been playing ; how her voice had seemed the voice of his spirit singing , freed like a bird into the darkness of the night . |
| 4 | If only she could turn her back on the golden Dane whose gaze still ensnared her , lose herself in the masses and find her own way back to the hotel , but she was held where she stood by invisible chains . |
| 5 | The thing to do , Caroline told herself , was lose herself in the beauty and lore of Rome , and she might have done that — if the guide had only let her . |
| 6 | On an evening when he had broken the silence with one of his quietist cracks she would feel a sense of remorse and insufficiency descending on her , and hours later find herself in the larder , eating the remains of whatever was under the meat sieve and weeping that she should do something so self-defeating and stupid . |
| 7 | They could all go hang ; she 'd switch them off and go and submerge herself in the bath for half an hour . |
| 8 | As he crept in through the scullery window she would leap from her bedroom and conceal herself in the nettles , unconscious of the pain . |
| 9 | I did as she suggested , keeping my dressing-gown on , and watched her settle herself in the arm-chair and get her knitting out . |
| 10 | Charlotte was glad of the excuse to leave him and busy herself in the kitchen . |