Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] herself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Smith , who 's Belgian by birth , has taught herself Hungarian so she can work in Hungary to raise money — but ultimately without more funds the cost of helping Ashley stand on his own two feet may prove too high . |
| 2 | ENCHANTA has proven herself , having sailed in most of the oceans of the world and has performed admirably , whether for long distance cruising , day sailing , or corporate entertaining . |
| 3 | Commissioned in May of 1986 , this vessel has distinguished herself in both the U.S. and European cruising circuits . |
| 4 | She is not only asserting herself as an artist , she has painted herself with all the bloom and freshness of a young woman although she was in her mid sixties when it was made ! |
| 5 | A FRENCHWOMAN has given herself the ultimate facelift in an attempt to create the perfect features . |
| 6 | We asked her why she has given herself such an arduous task . |
| 7 | ‘ She has insinuated herself . ’ |
| 8 | She 's a young girl who really has her feet planted on the ground and I do n't believe she has let herself be carried away by her success . |
| 9 | When Deckard asks his wife why she has programmed herself for a ‘ six hour self-accusatory depression ’ , she says |
| 10 | She has busied herself in the promotion of senior civil servants ( looking for people with energy and commitment ) and regularly badgered departments about progress on particular policies — ‘ like a dog after a bone ’ an adviser claims . |
| 11 | She has positioned herself behind her desk , and will not meet my eyes . |
| 12 | At first I had suggested that I should keep her company but she dismissed the idea at once : ‘ I am not a child , and I refuse to be treated as one ’ , and I guessed she wanted to be alone rather as a young girl might who sets out to post an imaginary letter , hoping to meet on the way the person for whom she has made herself beautiful . |
| 13 | Says our observer , ‘ Madonna has made herself what she is by ambition , not by training . |
| 14 | Linda Kelly has made herself so familiar with these redoubtable historical figures that she writes about them as though they were her next-door neighbours . |
| 15 | ‘ The Prime Minister has shown herself completely unfit not only to attend any conference on human rights anywhere , but even to utter the very words . ’ |
| 16 | Once again , Steffi Graf has shown herself to be the best player in the world by far — in more than one sense . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | It is as if she has opened herself up and not lied but she has still timed her ‘ coming out ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's partly because she has got herself cornered economically , and partly because deep down she thinks there is a nationalist string she can pluck to her electoral advantage . |
| 20 | Oh , Mum , what a mess your daughter has got herself into , and all because of her silly pride , her determination to lash out first before anyone could lash back ! |
| 21 | A loose girl who sleeps around and has got herself pregnant ! |
| 22 | Linda has got herself someone who is great and they are both very happy . ’ |
| 23 | She does her weekly shopping not in a huge supermarket but in the camp 's NAAFI and in an effort to actually go out and meet people Sue has got herself a day job . |
| 24 | Isabella Rosellini has armed herself with a fizzing S and V — ve vill , vo n't we ? |
| 25 | Claire has armed herself with a fistful of the funny small American change . |
| 26 | She was going to sell herself — she has sold herself by now — and would have sold me — for supper . |
| 27 | She has valued herself as a beauty , and now that her looks have departed she is left with nothing : |
| 28 | By her insulation , Czechoslovakia has bought herself a safe and steady misery and avoided the worst buffetings of the decade : only 27.3 per cent of the country 's trade was conducted outside the Bloc in 1978 , compared with over 50 per cent in the case of Poland and Romania . |
| 29 | She came home early from the office , and she has locked herself in her room . |
| 30 | I ca n't go into the glass office as she has locked herself inside , so I press the intercom like the sign tells me to . |