Example sentences of "she [verb] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 31 | She positioned herself on a front bench , laid out her pastels and board , and began drawing under the eyes of the judge , who , be all accounts , turned a shade of puce . |
| 32 | She positioned herself on a front bench , laid out her pastels and board , and began drawing under the eyes of the judge , who , be all accounts , turned a shade of puce . |
| 33 | She finds herself on a dual carriageway , almost a motorway , raised above the level of the neighbouring houses , and with no apparent exits . |
| 34 | When she prosecutes , she finds herself on trial , her profession equated with sexual provocation , and advertising images used to discredit her . |
| 35 | She settled herself on the carpet and the fine cotton was stacked beside her . |
| 36 | Wiping her head with the back of her hand , she balanced herself on the basket-edge . |
| 37 | When she had lifted it , she prostrated herself on the ground and peered into the blackness below with the help of the well-provided villa 's torch . |
| 38 | Her only comments at dinner afterwards as she gorged herself on tournedos , raspberries and cream and St Emilion were that Shylock was almost as beady about money as Alejandro and that Bassanio was a wimp . |
| 39 | She valued herself on being self-supporting , ‘ enabled to pay my own expenses many times , at Inns , by printing ’ . |
| 40 | She sat herself on the sofa and pulled the dressing gown around her legs . |