Example sentences of "herself [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ace switched on the spacewalk jets and launched herself through the widening yawn of the doors . |
| 2 | The doorbell pealed and Julia shot upstairs from the basement , flung herself through the green baize door and then walked slowly and decorously across the black and white tiled hall . |
| 3 | Shirley Eaton looked fetching in her nurse 's uniform and a young probationer nurse was laying the tracks for a totally new profession for herself as the overemotional wallflower among the blossoming beauties of the hospital . |
| 4 | Describing herself as the unrepentant collector , Mrs. Vernon Smith showed a variety of garments and artefacts . |
| 5 | This interviewer sees himself or herself as the natural successor to Sir Robin Day . |
| 6 | Precisely because the Church mistakes herself for the present form of the Kingdom , God 's rule has often had to manifest itself in the secular world outside , and frequently against , the Church ’ ( Pannenberg 1975:78 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Please help me out of my problems , Mr Croydon , ’ she said softly , despising herself for the wheedling tone in her voice . |
| 8 | She mentally steeled herself for the long evening ahead , but , as it turned out , it was n't nearly as long as she had anticipated because towards the end of the evening she heard a sharp knocking on the door , and opened it to find André standing outside , a huge bunch of flowers in his arms . |
| 9 | She rested her chin on her knees , preparing herself for the long wait . |
| 10 | He dipped towards her , and she tried again to free herself , but the more she struggled , the more his fingers tightened their hold on the back of her neck , and she closed her eyes helplessly , steeling herself for the marauding touch of his mouth . |
| 11 | Unable to extricate herself despite the Soviet advance , Japanese troops stayed in Siberia after the remainder of the foreign contingent had been withdrawn , leaving only in 1922 . |
| 12 | Time and again she told herself she was fortunate to see the back of him , so often she reminded herself of the despicable way he had behaved . |
| 13 | For days afterwards , she could n't rid herself of the guilty feeling that , somehow , she had brought the attack upon herself . |
| 14 | This , he told her , was Italy 's great chance , far greater than in '48 , to rid herself of the foreign oppressor and unite to form a great power . |
| 15 | She was never told by the London office or by Mary herself of the important part that Miss Read had played in the Tiller story . |
| 16 | She 'd flattened herself against the outside wall like someone in a spy movie . |
| 17 | Then she mentally gave herself a shake — steeling herself against the creeping rush of longing . |
| 18 | Robbie screamed and flung herself against the protective width of Fen 's chest . |
| 19 | Julie rolled over , finally propping herself against the back door , touching the bolts there to reassure herself that it was locked . |
| 20 | She is expressing herself against the popular wisdom concerning her sex . |
| 21 | Gripping the leather straps provided , she settled herself against the supporting pole . |
| 22 | Victoria ripped the pale-blue cotton dress from her slim body and flung it and herself onto the ruffled bed . |
| 23 | She drew back , pressing herself into the upholstered chair , and surreptitiously studied him in the gilt mirror opposite . |
| 24 | Prussia 's attempt in 1850 to capitalize on Austrian weakness and turn herself into the pre-eminent power in Germany came to nothing when the Austrians made plain that they had recovered their nerve and were prepared to go to war on the matter . |
| 25 | But when it came to it , when she had to make the decision about leaving home for good , throwing herself into the wide world and trying her luck , she felt unhappy . |
| 26 | She launched herself into the tiny room , crouching , arms spread wide , ready to grab Gazzer if he made a dash for the door . |
| 27 | Thrusting the heavy wooden doors of the lift open as they reached her floor , she precipitated herself into the small lobby from which the corridor to her room led , recoiling in dismay as a tall figure unwound itself from one of the two easy chairs beside a small table graced with a vase of fresh flowers . |
| 28 | She looked round swiftly to check whether the others had seen him but Conrad was pouring wine and chattering , Philippa was settling herself into the crimson beanbag , Larry was moving around in the kitchen , John was sipping his drink and testing out her rocking-chair and the lad with the twisted arm was hovering , uncomfortably . |
| 29 | Robyn headed the jeep up the by now familiar track to the barn and tried to get herself into the right frame of mind . |
| 30 | When the other woman folded herself into the delicate embrace , she was shocked at how thin her friend had become . |