Example sentences of "busy herself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has busied herself in the promotion of senior civil servants ( looking for people with energy and commitment ) and regularly badgered departments about progress on particular policies — ‘ like a dog after a bone ’ an adviser claims . |
| 2 | She could busy herself in the garden till then . |
| 3 | While the water steamed from the taps , she busied herself at the long table beneath the bathroom mirror , lifting the lids from the various jars and sniffing at them until she found the one she was searching for . |
| 4 | Inside the kitchen , while Carrie busied herself at the range , Seb hovered behind her , wanting to touch her , but not daring to , in case she objected . |
| 5 | Security said they 'd send someone over right away , and she busied herself for the next few minutes with the half-dozen patients in the waiting area . |
| 6 | Martha busied herself about the household work during our Lord 's visits . |
| 7 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
| 8 | Ianthe flushed and busied herself with the coffee tray . |
| 9 | She busied herself with the scissors , studying his hair intently . |
| 10 | Embarrassed , Izzie busied herself with the bedmaking , putting up her hand repeatedly to keep in place the headscarf over her shaved head . |
| 11 | Carrie had her back to him as she busied herself by the fire . |
| 12 | While Mary Ann busied herself in the kitchen , and the uncommunicative Emily disappeared , he took in his surroundings . |
| 13 | The woman busied herself in the kitchen and produced a plate piled high like a cairn with potatoes , and a huge pot of tea , and then resumed her knitting by the fire opposite her husband . |
| 14 | Two hours later she returned , busied herself in the kitchen and then produced a huge plate loaded with fish and potatoes , and a mammoth pot of tea . |
| 15 | While Mary-Claude saw to the baby and busied herself around the apartment , Habib made the introductions . |
| 16 | She then busied herself around the room , the implication quite clear : I was to drink up and get out as quickly as I could . |
| 17 | He returned her look with a glance so suddenly intent that she felt a flash of absurd panic , and rose hurriedly to busy herself with the teapot . |
| 18 | The elder of the two policemen smiled at Sarah but she dropped her eyes and tried to busy herself at the sink . |
| 19 | The tour finished in the kitchen and she started to busy herself around the cooker . |
| 20 | Zerrer like her assistant Margo , who is busying herself about the Centre supervising clients as they get into their goggles , turns out to be , unsurprisingly , a new age devotee , though she cringes at the mention of the words . |
| 21 | ‘ The poor man had a seizure , ’ she continued , busying herself at the blankets . |
| 22 | Charlotte was glad of the excuse to leave him and busy herself in the kitchen . |
| 23 | A day later , Corbett sat on the edge of his own bed in Leighton Manor watching Maeve busy herself round the room . |