Example sentences of "and [vb past] herself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day . |
| 2 | ‘ Sunday , then , ’ she said , and damned herself for the note of desperation in her voice . |
| 3 | But she did not answer him , only bent and lowered herself into the water , hissing as the coldness burned into the wound , a faint moan escaping through her gritted teeth as she began to wash . |
| 4 | She ran past him , and flung herself on the door , fumbling with the catch . |
| 5 | Robyn swore and flung herself at the stove , trying to scrape what was left of the bacon away from the bottom of the pan . |
| 6 | Robbie screamed and flung herself against the protective width of Fen 's chest . |
| 7 | Her stepsister settled in England , conformed outwardly , and applied herself to the advancement of her plump , dull son . |
| 8 | His poor mother lacked her husband 's capacity for discipline , and found herself at the mercy of her headstrong son . |
| 9 | She had got lost , returning to their home in Ambleside Road , Warndon , Worcester , and found herself on the M50 . |
| 10 | She opened a door , and found herself in the Bacon room . |
| 11 | The chief inspector climbed in over the sill , eased down the window and found herself in the hall . |
| 12 | But instead of peace and solitude and a chance to get her emotions under control , she opened the door and found herself in the middle of a nightmare . |
| 13 | Here she went to the dressing table where she sat down and regarded herself in the mirror . |
| 14 | She joined the Community of the Resurrection in 1940 and devoted herself to the training of Primary and Secondary school teachers at Grahamstown Training College . |
| 15 | Maura pushed her way through the adults and stationed herself in the front room next to the table piled high with food . |
| 16 | Tippy lay back and prepared herself for the worst afternoon of her life . |
| 17 | Ianthe flushed and busied herself with the coffee tray . |
| 18 | While Mary-Claude saw to the baby and busied herself around the apartment , Habib made the introductions . |
| 19 | She washed and dried herself between the legs and inserted a fresh tampon . |
| 20 | Alone once more , she walked and walked , and when she became too hot to carry on , she swam again and dried herself in the sun . |
| 21 | Kathleen turned and studied herself in the mirror . |
| 22 | Dear Donna said virtuously that she had to write her report , and disentangled herself from the conversation before she was asked to babysit . |
| 23 | She removed the clinging pink sweater , made famous by the Hollywood Oomph Girl , Lana Turner but which made Sylvia look the part of a streetwalker , and stripped herself of the gaudy , lace-edged cami-knickers she wore beneath . |
| 24 | She looked into his dark eyes and submerged herself in the bliss of being flattered . |
| 25 | She went over and perched herself on the ottoman at his feet . |
| 26 | Lucy remonstrated , when Virginia had made them both a cup of tea and perched herself on the edge of Lucy 's bed . |
| 27 | ‘ What happened next I do not know , ’ said the servant , ‘ but a year later she came to our house here and threw herself into the mistress 's arms and begged her to take her in . |
| 28 | She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink . |
| 29 | Then she went through and threw herself on the comfortable cool silk bedcover , and lay in luxury , gazing up at the gently rotating white fan . |
| 30 | With all her strength , she forced herself to stand and threw herself around the corner . |