Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fingers that longed to cling curled into her fists as she made to push herself away . |
| 2 | His appointment as a Bishop , was in the immediate aftermath of the closing of the Second Vatican Council ; which was to pose new challenges to the whole Church as she sought to renew herself under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit . |
| 3 | His thick blond hair , deep blue eyes and effortless charm had probably captivated the hearts of a host of women that evening , but as Becky assumed that every girl received exactly the same treatment , she avoided allowing herself to be flattered by him . |
| 4 | After this she ceased to blame herself for the breakdown of their marriage , but instead expressed considerable anger towards her husband . |
| 5 | She tried to see herself through this man 's eyes , to relive the last couple of hours from his point of view . |
| 6 | It did n't seem very likely , and she frowned as she tried to view herself objectively . |
| 7 | She tried to control herself , but the will which had driven her for so long was broken , whether forever , or temporarily , she did not know . |
| 8 | One lass , she tried to hang herself because of the bullying . |
| 9 | They used to pinch her tabs and everything , so she tried to hang herself . |
| 10 | And then she tried to kill herself but now she 's all right . |
| 11 | He gave a great sigh of satisfaction as she tried to wriggle herself closer . |
| 12 | She tried to rip herself away from him then , but his arms were like bands of iron around her . |
| 13 | Then she tried to heave herself up onto the driving seat but could n't manage without Dad 's help . |
| 14 | Horrified , she tried to wrench herself from sleep — then the water struck , roaring round her ears . |
| 15 | Driven into a corner , she panicked , her arms flailing desperately as she tried to wrench herself free , but he held on tight . |
| 16 | Infuriated by his arrogance , she tried to wrench herself free , but he was ready for her , holding her with no visible effort . |
| 17 | She tried to goad herself through the panic . |
| 18 | Hari 's hands were suddenly still , the leather clinging to the last , while she tried to envisage herself wearing fine crinolines and rich jewels , it was like something out of a dream . |
| 19 | She tried to distance herself from it all , as Papa had once said that the Indians did , but it was useless ; he hurt her too much , and , what was worse , took pleasure in her pain … |
| 20 | She tried telling herself that he was just another idle aristocratic adventurer ; she had been looked over by several of the type and others of lesser breeding during her ten years in the public eye at the Fish . |
| 21 | She tried to jolly herself into enthusiasm . |
| 22 | Mr Stacey was nobody important , she tried to convince herself . |
| 23 | It had nothing to do with Tommy 's visit that morning , she tried to convince herself . |
| 24 | Going back along the ditch and down beside the house , she tried to convince herself that no one would have heard her love-shriek , but she was already frightened that they had , and when she tiptoed into the scullery and crossed to her straw pallet in the corner , her fear increased tenfold , for she was immediately certain that the blanket had been moved and that someone had been there in the scullery only minutes before . |
| 25 | She tried to convince herself he was still there — smirking at the sight of her in the ropes he 'd tied to her naked body . |
| 26 | No , of course he would n't , she tried to convince herself . |
| 27 | She had switched the apartment air-conditioning off , distrusting its effect on the health , and for a while she tried to convince herself that it was the unaccustomed humidity that made her so restless , but she did n't really believe it , and the eyes that looked back at her from her bathroom mirror in the morning were shadowy , and hunted . |
| 28 | ‘ Love , Leo , ’ meant nothing at all , she tried to convince herself . |
| 29 | An incessant internal monologue occupied her most of the morning , during which , by turns , she tried to convince herself that Fen 's effect on her was all in her imagination or berated herself for being fickle . |
| 30 | When she tried to imagine herself working in an office or a bank , her mind soon went blank , like a cinema screen when the projector breaks down or the film snaps . |