Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] herself with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this new life which had been thrust upon her , she felt that she must surround herself with a little group of servants whom she knew to be loyal to her . |
| 2 | She failed to see , Mrs Stead-Carter finally declared , why it was that Miss Poraway , who had never been a mother , should concern herself with the Mothers ' Union in the first place . |
| 3 | Still , she could console herself with the knowledge that Luke , and all his complexities , would n't be impinging upon her life for much longer . |
| 4 | Sometimes , he knew , she would bruise herself with a rock to get morph-plus out of him . |
| 5 | She could not have guessed how much she would enjoy herself with a stranger , how completely this woman was in sympathy with her , could not have hoped for a new friend to come out , at this stage in her life , and give her so much pleasure . |
| 6 | This is the reason that the ‘ equal-value amendment ’ was passed , which means that a woman seeking equal pay can compare herself with a man doing work of similar value , and not the more stringent condition of a man who is actually doing exactly the same work . |