Example sentences of "herself [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accepting enthusiastically the school 's principles of unsectarianism , coeducation up to the age of eleven , mixing middle- and artisan-class children , and making lessons short and pleasurable , she threw herself wholeheartedly into the teaching until forced to resign through ill health . |
| 2 | In 1945 Ramsey became its Secretary and because of her past experiences was able to throw herself wholeheartedly into the work . |
| 3 | ‘ Mother of God in heaven , ’ Caterina muttered , ‘ I give up , ’ and she swung herself crossly onto the floor . |
| 4 | She spoke the word aloud as she turned off the water and began rubbing herself furiously with a towel . |
| 5 | While he went in search of the water , she locked herself furiously in the bathroom to don a baggy navy and white striped T-shirt nightdress , and by the time he returned she was safely hidden underneath the printed white bedspread . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , of course , ’ Merrill smiled , settling herself luxuriously in the car . |
| 7 | Léonie tied on an apron and hoisted herself on to a kitchen chair . |
| 8 | She angled herself on to a stool . |
| 9 | After Brunnhilde throws herself on to the pyre Valhalla comes to an end , to be replaced by a new era of human love . |
| 10 | Alexandra dug her toes into fissures in the canyon wall and pulled herself on to the platform which was dry and flat and sloped slightly towards the sea . |
| 11 | Then she threw herself on to the bed and stuck the pillow over her head , biting her teeth together , absolutely determined not to cry . |
| 12 | But the corridor remained silent , and with a sob of despair she threw herself on to the bed and cried till her store of tears was used up . |
| 13 | Jamie 's prophetic words floated back to her and she flung herself on to the bed , staring at nothing , her body rigid with the tension of a woman in the grip of violent , unsated desire . |
| 14 | Léonie lowered herself on to the chair beside the bed , her magazine on her lap . |
| 15 | Hussa arrived with her mother and while Shama eased herself on to the carpet and settled against a cushion , Hussa picked up one of the newspapers which a driver brought from the village each morning . |
| 16 | A silence fell on the room , and its increasing heaviness made her heave herself up from the couch and take the three steps to throw herself on to the seat beside him ; and to put an arm around his shoulder and say , ‘ Come on , lad , come on . |
| 17 | Sobbing for breath , she lowered herself on to the ladder . |
| 18 | Miss Fergusson expressed herself forcibly on the subject of popular superstition and the responsibility of the clergy . |
| 19 | Miss Logan was angry and distressed at such Judas-like behaviour , and expressed herself forcibly on the subject to the Armenian priest , who nodded and offered to say prayers for Miss Fergusson . |
| 20 | After that , she never washed in any water but cold water except when she could borrow a steaming kettle from her aunt in order to wash herself piecemeal in the kitchen or the cramped wash-basin in the bathroom . |
| 21 | She had been one of the founder members of the Institutional Management Association in Yorkshire and later involved herself additionally in the Hotel & Catering Institute and always kept in contact with the professional association throughout her career . |
| 22 | She eased herself slowly from the bed . |
| 23 | Sweeping the debris of her engagement to some distant corner of her mind , and throwing herself trustingly at a man who , in the cold light of reality , had no time for her ? |
| 24 | Pulling herself together with an effort , she gave him what she hoped was a cool look . |
| 25 | Lissa pulled herself together with an effort . |
| 26 | She pulled herself together with an effort , trying to remember what she 'd been told about wine-tasting , holding the glass carefully by the stem , and sniffing delicately . |
| 27 | Leonora pulled herself together after a while . |
| 28 | She paused , surprised by the wave of pain and nostalgia that passed through her at the mention of the name , leaving her weak and trembling ; as if the sights , sounds , smells , tastes , feelings , sufferings of years could be experienced again in a single spasm of sickening intensity : the cold cubicle , the rustle of habits and the squeaking of boots as the nuns filed into the chapel , the stink of stew in the refectory ; her first lesson , the children shaking their up-stretched hands , eager to please the new sister ; Hilda , dew-fresh in her white blouse and neatly-pressed gym-slip , shy and ardent in the back row ; Hilda and herself together in the copse , in the chapel , in the cloisters , praying , talking , joking , sharing secrets , confidences … |
| 29 | Sally was throwing herself all over the place and seemed to be enjoying it . |
| 30 | In her silent way , she had committed herself entirely to a life for art 's sake . |