Example sentences of "herself on [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 So the wise woman , taking a whip in her hand , seated herself on a small carpet and lashed it with the whip until it rose in the air and carried her to the forest .
2 Scripted by Christopher Hampton from the epistolatory novel by Choderlos de Laclos about sexual gamesmanship among the French aristocracy in the closing decades of the ancient regime , DANGEROUS LIAISONS revolves around the schemes of the malicious , intelligent salon hostess Madame de Merteuil ( Glenn Close ) to revenge herself on a fallen lover by arranging the seduction of his virgin bride .
3 She positioned herself on a front bench , laid out her pastels and board , and began drawing under the eyes of the judge , who , be all accounts , turned a shade of puce .
4 She positioned herself on a front bench , laid out her pastels and board , and began drawing under the eyes of the judge , who , be all accounts , turned a shade of puce .
5 Could our good Christian Mrs Dallam possibly expose her daughter , and her friends ' daughters , to a woman like Marie , who has shown herself on a public stage for money , and lived with one man while married to another ?
6 How natural to bask in the luxury of Concorde , congratulate herself on a triumphant trip , sip a glass of champagne and forget what she had seen .
7 She has yet to prove herself on a large stage .
8 Connie parked herself on a white divan and poured out some black steaming liquid .
9 She finds herself on a dual carriageway , almost a motorway , raised above the level of the neighbouring houses , and with no apparent exits .
10 Alina perched herself on the far end of the three-seater .
11 The severity of her discipline — she lived three years on bread and water , sometimes went barefoot to church in winter and prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church during weather so cold that the wine froze in the chalice during Mass — is typical of these women .
12 Almost without knowing how she had got there , Folly found herself on the other side of the double doors , pushing through a curtain of leaves that shrouded the entrance .
13 In another moment she would find herself on the other side of the door , facing disaster .
14 And came again to seat herself on the High Throne .
15 She 'd found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of teasing about her impromptu topless dip in the sea and her valiant rescuer , and she 'd fenced it as calmly as she could .
16 Dinah made her way through the bedroom , flung herself on the dreadful bed , and wept .
17 Clearly Graf was not amused by the experience as she quickly booked herself on the next flight home leaving her team-mates behind without telling them .
18 Buzz settled herself on the upright chair by Elinor 's bed , firmly clasping her old-fashioned handbag on her lap .
19 She used the buses and wherever she found herself on the last bus at night , whether at her own home or at her son 's , she would stay for the night only to set off again early the following morning .
20 A seventeen year old , bright and intelligent enough to put herself on an equal footing with her father .
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