Example sentences of "she [verb] herself in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seated herself in the bay window and said to George , ‘ Are you not supposed to be at Cambridge ? |
| 2 | She seated herself in the row in front of me , but before she did so she looked round , perhaps to see if after all there was anyone present whom she recognised . |
| 3 | On 11 February 1963 she gassed herself in the flat . |
| 4 | She found herself in the public library . |
| 5 | Later , she found herself in the front passenger seat of a comfortable grey Rover , and as the car negotiated the twists and turns of the mountainous road she stole side-glances at Silas 's profile . |
| 6 | Almost without knowing how she got there , she found herself in the garden . |
| 7 | The South African , once ranked in the world 's top 300 , decided to enter when she found herself in the north west for a three-months summer stay with her boyfriend 's family in Bolton , but was never seriously tested as Benmnett fell to her second consecutive defeat in the final . |
| 8 | She poked herself in the chest . |
| 9 | She buried herself in the scent of him , and the last traces of control were lost as his hands started to explore the round fullness of her breasts . |
| 10 | Besides having confidence in his artistic and physical abilities , he had a great passion for Nature as she showed herself in the Lake District which not only initiated his venture but maintained it all his life . |
| 11 | Joanna Grenside is described as beautiful — but when she sees herself in the mirror , she wo n't see that . |
| 12 | ‘ At last Bertha managed to reach some big , sweet-smelling myrtle bushes , and she hid herself in the thickest bush . |
| 13 | But she would make him pay for this , she vowed to herself silently , even if she killed herself in the process ! |
| 14 | ‘ I tried to reason with her after , but she locked herself in the bathroom , crying . |
| 15 | She locked herself in the bathroom for 40 minutes while her mother banged on the door , John Evans , prosecuting , told Newcastle Crown Court . |
| 16 | Well she screamed and he I reckon she locked herself in the bathroom and he about knocked the door down |
| 17 | She inches to the edge of the bed , he follows ; she lies on her back , his hand attempts to part her furiously dry lips ; she wraps herself in the sheet , the tense warmth of his body suffocates her doubly ; she leaps up and goes to the lavatory , he watches her through the glass wall . |
| 18 | Realising that she would probably be dismissed on the spot if Esther should discover her , she closeted herself in the pantry and proceeded to pour herself a glass of sarsaparilla from the big earthenware jug there . |
| 19 | Paula looked at him wickedly as she settled herself in the front passenger seat . |
| 20 | There was a nice cool breeze wafting up from the river as she settled herself in the shelter of the huge willow tree , at the water 's edge . |
| 21 | She has a tendency to hug herself tightly when grappling with a question , and at one point , when I asked her how she saw herself in the future , grown up and faced with decisions about her own children , she panicked for an instant and had to be consoled by the female interpreter . |
| 22 | Turning to the mirror , she saw herself in the long white silk dress , clinging to her slender body , curving off the shoulders , accentuating her fine collarbones , tight at the waist then flaring out with clouds of taffeta below that made it seem as if she floated rather than walked . |
| 23 | The cooking , which could n't be done before the day of the party , looked like an insurmountable mountain to Paige when she presented herself in the kitchen to help . |
| 24 | Finally she shut herself in the attic room on Ella 's day off and sobbed until she ached in body and soul . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She glanced down at her hand , wondering yet again why the memory of that day should be so insistent tonight , then her lovely face became expressionless as she wrapped herself in the familiar cloak of indifference . |