Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After her father 's death she moved to Petersfield , Hampshire , where she supported herself by washing clothes , brewing , and other types of manual work . |
| 2 | Sometimes , although she chided herself for the thought , it seemed as if in trying to be unselfish and giving him what he wanted , she had allowed herself to be turned into a sacrifice . |
| 3 | To acknowledge it — as the cards insisted that she must — a portion of herself , was to recognize features which were paltry and despicable ; it forced the reluctant awareness that she was , in part at least , a smaller person than she believed herself to be . |
| 4 | But she would make him pay for this , she vowed to herself silently , even if she killed herself in the process ! |
| 5 | As his wife had pointed out tartly , on many occasions , she herself would never get through a quarter of her work if she indulged herself in such idleness . |
| 6 | A fine fool she 'd look if she allowed herself to be swept off her feet by more of those blood-stirring kisses , then found herself dropped like a burning coal the moment Doreen stepped through the door . |
| 7 | If she found herself in Hell , Carrie thought now , she 'd just say , ‘ Well , at least we 'll be warm . ’ |
| 8 | Rose 's mother showed the girls the house and the fowl and farm animals , including a pet goat who would n't let Rose milk her unless she sprayed herself with a perfume that the mother used . |
| 9 | Was this just because she saw herself as a Frieda Lawrence figure , or was there some firmer basis for it ? |
| 10 | She was especially furious that someone had succeeded in making her jump and yell like that because she prided herself on her toughness . |
| 11 | I was fascinated by her story and waited impatiently while she refreshed herself with tea before continuing . |
| 12 | While she presented herself as a target , the second galley had rowed against the wind north . |
| 13 | I picked up Eddie just as it started to rain again , and we chatted all the way back to Simon 's office while she dressed herself in street clothes from a Sainsbury 's shopping-bag . |
| 14 | Michel de Montaigne , a French writer of the same era , managed to avoid this hypocrisy , stating honestly that , ‘ When I play with my cat who knows whether she diverts herself with me , or I with her . |
| 15 | Instinctively her hand drew the sheet higher before she chided herself for the gesture . |
| 16 | She was happy when she starved herself of new clothes and expensive hairdressers , her bun gone , her blonde hair cut short , strict and styleless , by a merciless local hairdresser . |
| 17 | During the last year of her life , when she knew herself to be mortally ill , she resolutely avoided seeing anyone she knew . |
| 18 | Jay demanded , her voice ugly , feeling so far away she could lose no more , the angrier she grew the further Lucy went ; but when she forced herself to be quiet and good , Lucy still kept her distance . |
| 19 | When she lowered herself into the chair , there was a loud squelching noise similar to that made by a hippopotamus when lowering its foot into the mud on the banks of the Limpopo River . |
| 20 | The South African , once ranked in the world 's top 300 , decided to enter when she found herself in the north west for a three-months summer stay with her boyfriend 's family in Bolton , but was never seriously tested as Benmnett fell to her second consecutive defeat in the final . |
| 21 | It drove him mad when she turned herself into a sphinx as a ruse to avoid facing the truth . |
| 22 | ‘ I hope Wilmot can handle this , ’ said Holly anticipating the lawyer 's reproach when she explained herself to him . |
| 23 | It was the feeling she had had as a child when she frightened herself with a detective story . |
| 24 | Emily Davison died when she threw herself under the King 's horse during the 1913 Derby . |
| 25 | Joanna Grenside is described as beautiful — but when she sees herself in the mirror , she wo n't see that . |
| 26 | The cooking , which could n't be done before the day of the party , looked like an insurmountable mountain to Paige when she presented herself in the kitchen to help . |
| 27 | When she let herself into the flat , Ralph was waiting in the hall . |
| 28 | Sally-Anne , feeling that with Rose 's offer of friendship she was entering more and more into her new life , was humming ‘ Marching through Georgia ’ , and had just reached Atlanta , when she let herself into Dr Neil 's . |
| 29 | The flat seemed cold and empty when she let herself in several hours later , and discovering a message from Kelly on the answering-machine brought no respite from the depression which had settled over her like a heavy black cloud . |
| 30 | She remain uncertain still what was to be done with it , though she consoled herself with the thought that in entering the court of Le Grand Jeu and submitting to its verdict , she had already taken the first tentative steps . |