Example sentences of "resign herself to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucille had seen the Prince 's arrival and hasty departure , and had resigned herself to Sharpe 's absence . |
| 2 | Having thus resigned herself to the passive lifestyle of a semi-invalid literary lady , she became a regular contributor to the Spectator , then edited by her father 's close friend Richard Holt Hutton [ q.v. ] , in which she published over fifty articles between 1880 and 1893 . |
| 3 | She had resigned herself to that . |
| 4 | About three weeks later , Jenny had resigned herself to the fact that she would stay . |
| 5 | The way to Lavondyss was a short climb away , and all she needed was to resign herself to the journey , to abandon Scathach . |
| 6 | As long as I did not look at her , Sadie resigned herself to wandering behind me . |
| 7 | Thus Sylvia resigned herself to walking the streets until something turned up . |
| 8 | Julia answered civilly and resigned herself to half an hour 's polite conversation . |
| 9 | It was her breasts , those symbols of nurturance , that first showed signs of cancer , and from the moment it was diagnosed she resigned herself to her fate . |
| 10 | She was right , as it happens , but Scarlet , not being clairvoyant , could n't be expected to know that and resigned herself to yet another evening which would not be wholly enjoyable even had she not been going to the theatre . |
| 11 | At 16 , she was a size 18 and resigned herself to a life of being obsessed with food . |
| 12 | Sternly , he told his body to behave itself , and his face reflected the power of his feelings , so that Sally-Anne , looking up at him , was a little daunted by his expression — goodness , was that the effect the prospect of playing a game of chess had on him ? — and resigned herself to a grim half-hour . |
| 13 | The rush-hour would be at its height , with long tail-backs at the busiest junctions ; she resigned herself to a tedious journey home . |
| 14 | And as Jake nodded , Shiona reluctantly resigned herself to being trapped at the table with him for another little while . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought the initial communication between the medical team arriving on the scene and the county services was inadequate , ’ said someone from the back , and Rachel sighed as she recognised the voice of one of the union safety representatives renowned for his attention to detail and resigned herself to a lengthy session . |
| 16 | There was nothing for Sophie to say after that and she resigned herself to the prospect of meeting Robert again , but later that morning , while she was working alone in the office , she felt desperately unhappy . |
| 17 | Lydia was resigning herself to a long stretch of celibacy . |
| 18 | Resigning herself to the inevitable , she walked quietly alongside him as he kept up a running commentary on all they passed or saw . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're all I 've got , ’ she said , resigning herself to her fate . |