Example sentences of "confine herself to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would confine herself to the final phase of Marie 's life . |
| 2 | Greta Burkill did not confine herself to looking after his education , but fought for him to spend a summer with his parents in Venezuela — a country not keen to grant visitors ' visas to Jews at that time . |
| 3 | She had meant to confine herself to the unwelcome proposal of marriage from Manfro Draper , but somehow she found herself telling her listeners all about her mother and father . |
| 4 | In the case of Letitia , who had married an Irish baronet , Sir Thomas Wyse , her refusal to accept the Emperor 's decision that she confine herself to being Lady Wyse , dropping all imperial pretensions by calling herself Bonaparte Wyse , led to her being expelled from France . |
| 5 | Jones , Wimbledon winner , respected referee and , just as significantly , mother of three , confines herself to : ‘ It 's very tough , not helped in our girls ’ case by the computer . |
| 6 | Jones , Wimbledon winner , respected referee and , just as significantly , mother of three , confines herself to : ‘ It 's very tough , not helped in our girls ’ case by the computer . |
| 7 | She confined herself to the upper part of the house , severing all contact with her husband and the other members of the household . |
| 8 | Since Cox confined herself to the truly great , her sample — unlike , say , Ellis ' and Bowerman 's — naturally contained the names of many individuals whom others have quoted as evidence for the connection between creativity and psychosis ; including , incidentally , one ( Cowper ) who appears in this book . |
| 9 | Thereafter Miss Logan , despite having been engaged for her experience , confined herself to the cabin . |