Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once extended her own eye was pressed to the lens of the telescope that was herself ( was it her own eye 's lens she was looking through the wrong way ? ) and she saw herself at the other end . |
| 2 | Light dawned on Loretta , and she launched herself into her part . |
| 3 | It was as painful as hell , and she despised herself for even caring what he had thought of Mark 's abilities , but for some reason she desperately needed to know . |
| 4 | You ca n't make love at pistol point … her being filled with remorse , and she checked herself from flinging her arms round Lucy : steady , Jay , she told herself , we 're only seconds away from no , nay , never . |
| 5 | Her one fixation was fitness and she kept herself in peak physical condition by attending aerobic classes three times a week at the Rivereast Health Club on Second Avenue , where she also helped put housewives through their paces in the basic skills of karate . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But then she and husband Dave Flame went to a country and western night in cowboy outfits just for fun — and she shot herself in the leg . |
| 8 | For one thing , she discovered that her conscience was at fault over Jewish persecution and she blamed herself for not coming out against such cruelty earlier . |
| 9 | She blamed herself for the way Tina was , though she did not know what she had done wrong , and she blamed herself for not trying harder to keep Tina in her house when she wanted to go off to Jarvis Stringer 's . |
| 10 | Her thighs pushed his legs apart and she pressed herself against him . |
| 11 | Rosalba prayed , often , these days while she waited for Tommaso 's return to Rupe and the walk they would take together , as he had told Caterina they would , and she applied herself to acquiring those skills at crochet , at knitting , at pattern cutting and sewing that Fantina learned from her sisters , who were themselves taught by Auntie Rosa , later , in America . |
| 12 | It moved slowly and she cursed herself for having forgotten her gloves and scarf . |
| 13 | It sounded ridiculously lame and she cursed herself for sounding so weak and ineffectual , but miraculously he seemed not to notice . |
| 14 | And she involves herself with equal energy in various local charities . |
| 15 | She was not thinking clearly and she prided herself on thinking clearly : priorities , motives , objectives . |
| 16 | She had chosen for herself the human equivalent of sackcloth and ashes , and she denounced herself for a masochist . |
| 17 | Her shape descended and she settled herself beside me , in awkward abundance , and my hand reached out to the white pulp of her shoulder . |
| 18 | None the less , throughout the autumn and the cold winter that followed , those three hundred yards became three hundred years each and every time , the sign of her defeat , the sign of her capture — she felt herself a wild animal tamed and she devoted herself to Maggie with what appeared to be maternal passion mainly because she felt guilty at her lack of joy in it . |
| 19 | Alan sighed and turned over , and she curled herself around his curved back , and waited for a more friendly sleep to claim her . |
| 20 | ‘ At last Bertha managed to reach some big , sweet-smelling myrtle bushes , and she hid herself in the thickest bush . |
| 21 | He guided her through a leading fashion school and she established herself in a highly competitive industry . |
| 22 | It was a long way to Hackballs Cross , and she hated herself for going , spat hatred at herself as she threw the Metro southwards . |
| 23 | Her voice was like thin sharp ice , but not cold enough to fully hide the pain , and she hated herself for letting him hear it . |
| 24 | His head dipped towards her , and she braced herself for another of his harsh , punishing kisses , knowing any attempt at escape would be a complete waste of time . |
| 25 | They could n't avoid being seen together and she braced herself for the blast from Georg and from her parents . |
| 26 | The ravages committed by man subvert the relations and destroy the balance which nature had established between her organized and her inorganic creations ; and she avenges herself upon the intruder , by letting loose upon her defaced provinces destructive energies hitherto kept in check by organic forces destined to be his best auxiliaries , but which he has unwisely dispersed and driven from the field of action . |
| 27 | He kissed her on the mouth and she tasted herself on his lips . |
| 28 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |
| 29 | It swung open on well-oiled hinges , and she found herself in a much wilder part of the garden , with tall grass , spreading trees , and a large pond fringed with rushes . |
| 30 | Her new velvet cloak was whisked away , and she found herself in a large red room full of lights and people . |