Example sentences of "at herself [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Folly felt almost embarrassed at herself for the ease with which she was finding these excuses — and for the fact that she seemed to have slipped into mental first-name terms with this man who was , after all , a stranger . |
| 2 | Looking at herself in the looking-glass on the stairs she saw how small and pink her eyes looked , their lids still puffy and her skin was tired and lifeless . |
| 3 | She took one last look at herself in the wardrobe mirror before she pulled on the sheepskin that her father had bought her for Christmas . |
| 4 | No , Kathleen thought , looking at herself in the mirror , at her own , pale face , no , she is not afraid , that is not it , Isabel has never known fear . |
| 5 | Daisy gazed at herself in the mirror . |
| 6 | She peered appraisingly at herself in the mirror , pulling faces as if she were alone , and I was embarrassed by her candour . |
| 7 | Looking at herself in the mirror she saw that her eyes were swollen and her face blotchy . |
| 8 | Kate had liked it : you could tell by the way she fingered the material , by the way she looked at herself in the mirror with her chin lifted just a little higher than usual . |
| 9 | Jane grimaced at herself in the mirror . |
| 10 | And then when she was fully dressed , she shut the closet door over and stood looking at herself in the mirror which was on the other side . |
| 11 | She looked at herself in the mirror , knowing that she looked good . |
| 12 | And she 's sitting in a peculiar way , staring at herself in the mirror . ’ |
| 13 | Dawn Allenby was standing in her coat and headscarf staring at herself in the mirror . |
| 14 | She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled , thinking that only the birds could see her . |
| 15 | Lucy stared at herself in the mirror . |
| 16 | She struggled into the blue dress and looked at herself in the mirror . |
| 17 | She clipped the long , dark swathes of her hair back from her face with a couple of combs ; then she slowly walked over and looked at herself in the mirror . |
| 18 | Rhoda looked at herself in the mirror and said , ‘ I do n't see much wrong with me . |
| 19 | Looking at herself in the mirror , she was very satisfied . |
| 20 | Maggie stared at herself in the mirror . |
| 21 | She stared at herself in the mirror . |
| 22 | She looked at herself in the mirror . |
| 23 | I 'm not sure , as she scowls at herself in the mirror , about the choice of films in which she contemplates a role . |
| 24 | She was staring at herself in the mirror in the curtained dressing-room , wondering what a certain gentleman might do and say if he were to see her in it , when she became aware of hushed voices in the salon outside . |
| 25 | She made Terry try it on , take it off , changed something else , and finally , at gone midnight , she had done all that she could do , and only then did she allow Terry to look at herself in the mirror . |
| 26 | She combed her hair , looking at herself in the mirror . |
| 27 | Brushing the damp hair from her brow , Laura stared drearily at herself in the mirror . |
| 28 | ‘ There the beastly thing goes again ! ’ she grumbled under her breath , grimacing at herself in the mirror as she caught the faint hum and slight clattering sound from the living-room , where the machine was clearly spewing forth yet more reams of urgent letters and company reports from all over the world . |
| 29 | She had brought herself a new swimsuit but after she had changed she 'd stared critically at herself in the mirror in the changing-room . |
| 30 | She got up shortly after , and looked at herself in the mirror . |