Example sentences of "she [verb] [pn reflx] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seated herself in a wicker chair and took her mug without speaking . |
| 2 | Quickly I tidied away and washed the tea things , then she seated herself in front of the harmonium , pulled out the stops and began to play . |
| 3 | She seated herself in the bay window and said to George , ‘ Are you not supposed to be at Cambridge ? |
| 4 | She seated herself in the row in front of me , but before she did so she looked round , perhaps to see if after all there was anyone present whom she recognised . |
| 5 | What 's more … ’ she seated herself in one of the button-back chairs ‘ … |
| 6 | On 11 February 1963 she gassed herself in the flat . |
| 7 | Presumably not : but it would be a very bold man , a Karl Marx indeed who would assert that , for each and every woman and always , housework is her spontaneous activity , that it is the satisfaction of a need ; or that she fulfils herself in it ; or that through it she develops freely a physical and mental energy and will not be physically exhausted and mentally debased . |
| 8 | All in all she got herself in such a state that it was a distinct let-down when she was met by Mike Booker , the team manager , although why she should have thought that the reigning world champion would bother to come and meet a flight at Nice airport was a question she was n't too happy to answer . |
| 9 | She got herself in big trouble ! |
| 10 | How , she asked herself in those early days , has it come about that I , daughter to a humble carpenter and a washerwoman , have become the companion and confidante of her who is close to the throne , who is sister-in-law to him who will one day be King of England ? |
| 11 | " And what next ? " she asked herself in a low voice . |
| 12 | Her simple cosmetic operations completed , she dresses herself in opaque green tights , a wide brown tweed skirt and a thick sweater loosely knitted in muted shades of orange , green and brown . |
| 13 | Here she involved herself in village life with all her characteristic energy and enthusiasm until her death 16 October 1938 , following influenza , at Kelmscott Manor . |
| 14 | She found herself in the public library . |
| 15 | But somehow , she found herself in a large , empty room . |
| 16 | She did n't know how it happened , but she found herself in Mrs Lennox 's arms , who comforted her as though she were a child . |
| 17 | She found herself in St Vincent Street , when , new horror , the instep strap of a high-heeled shoe gave out on her . |
| 18 | Haltingly , she spoke about her sudden irrational terror on the dance floor , the nun leading her away , how she found herself in a bedroom with Jack Butler . |
| 19 | She found herself in a department with two men in their early 20s . |
| 20 | Now the old problem arose again : she found herself in new places and she was more interested in exploring them thoroughly than she was in the chick , even though she was at flying weight . |
| 21 | After winning the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Prize in 1964 , she found herself in great demand abroad as well as at home , and sang in the first performance of Handel 's Messiah in Israel . |
| 22 | If she found herself in Hell , Carrie thought now , she 'd just say , ‘ Well , at least we 'll be warm . ’ |
| 23 | She found herself in a cave , its mouth curtained by the waterfall . |
| 24 | She found herself in a kitchen , which was full of smoke . |
| 25 | Now , for a second great war , she found herself in a country which was not her own ; although she had made a few friends , it was not at all like living among her own people . |
| 26 | She found herself in his office , the centre of a family gathering with their lawyer and a policewoman . |
| 27 | It swung open on well-oiled hinges , and she found herself in a much wilder part of the garden , with tall grass , spreading trees , and a large pond fringed with rushes . |
| 28 | Her new velvet cloak was whisked away , and she found herself in a large red room full of lights and people . |
| 29 | When she emerged , she found herself in a small square beside a canal so wide that she immediately realised it must be the Grand Canal itself . |
| 30 | Grasping her small suitcase in one hand , Gina followed the sign , drawing up with a soft exclamation of pleasure as she found herself in an oblong courtyard surrounded on two sides by what was obviously her hotel , a tall building of nineteenth-century architecture , its red-tiled roof gabled and decorated with iron curlicues , its many-paned white-framed windows set in mellowed red brick reflecting the pale northern sunshine . |