Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't give herself to Ahmed and could n't keep herself for me , you understand . ’ |
| 2 | She could n't prevent herself from bursting out laughing . |
| 3 | ‘ And missed Nicole 's visit ? ’ she could n't prevent herself from asking any more than she could prevent the edge that had entered her voice . |
| 4 | Midnight did n't reply , but Jess could n't stop herself from saying : ‘ He were , but he ai n't no longer . |
| 5 | Jessamy was so shaken by his quietly spoken reply that she could n't stop herself from over-reacting . |
| 6 | Jessamy could n't stop herself from moving restlessly . |
| 7 | Kate hugged her mother in return , grateful for the warm body contact between them , but she could n't stop herself from crying . |
| 8 | Even in her weary state , she could n't stop herself from wriggling self-consciously . |
| 9 | Yet she could n't lose herself in the story ; the movements of Luke 's hand as he made lightning sketches , the lazy , sinuous stretching of his legs as he shifted his position impinged upon her concentration , and she found herself reading the same page over and over . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , she could n't imagine herself in any form of intimacy with her employer , much as she liked him . |
| 11 | For days afterwards , she could n't rid herself of the guilty feeling that , somehow , she had brought the attack upon herself . |
| 12 | For one thing , she had never worn a strapless dress before , and although the bodice was tight-fitting and well supported she could n't rid herself of the fear that the dress would go slithering to the floor at some critical moment , leaving her almost naked , like in a bad dream . |
| 13 | She could n't defend herself without rousing him to greater ferocity ; she knew that in the moment of conflict , an enemy can never protest to be a friend and be believed ; she had seen the distrust Kit 's sudden switches of mood inspired . |
| 14 | She could n't give herself to Ahmed and could n't keep herself for me , you understand . ’ |