Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] herself " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may think herself wasted in a world where good help is hard to find . |
| 2 | If her personality tends to be an obsessive one — if she is excessively devoted to tidiness and perfect order in every part of her life and home , a great maker of ‘ lists ’ for everything and a habitual ‘ double-checker ’ in all her activities — you may find that although she is grieving deeply , she may throw herself with remarkable zeal into the business of ‘ tidying up ’ her husband 's financial affairs and concentrating even more strongly on getting everything in the house cleaned and polished ; for this is the method used by most people who are inclined to be obsessional , to control their anxiety . |
| 3 | She must conduct herself as though she was in complete control . |
| 4 | ‘ And the traffic will be so congested at this time of afternoon , you 'll hardly get down the High at all , and it 's clouding over , and Felicity should acclimatize herself before she goes out , particularly since Magdalen is so cold at this time of — ’ |
| 5 | Especially , your Assassin must divest herself of every tiny hidden trick . |
| 6 | The psychologist worked on the assumption that Dawn should prepare herself for a life of dependency on others , so he did not try to motivate her towards self-sufficiency . |
| 7 | Whatever its actual effect , the English wanted at least to make sure that they would not be out of pocket over expansion in America , and the fear that they would lose money was expressed by the economist Charles Davenant when he wrote in 1698 : ‘ it can not reasonably be admitted that the mother country should impoverish herself to enrich the children nor that Britain should weaken herself to strengthen America . ’ |
| 8 | Isobel refused one , and watched him , knowing something was wrong , longing to speak , to burst out with her news , and knowing she must make herself wait . |
| 9 | Why , I only restrained myself because she 's a female , she should think herself lucky . |
| 10 | When a woman has finished her menstrual period and has counted seven days when no fresh bleeding has been apparent , she must immerse herself in a mikva before sexual relations with her husband can resume . |
| 11 | A bride must immerse herself in a mikva before her wedding . |
| 12 | A woman who has given birth must immerse herself in a mikva before she can resume sexual relations with her husband . |
| 13 | She told herself that she must confine herself to anger only , but it was easier said than done . |
| 14 | She should buy herself a new frock and set her cap at someone else . |
| 15 | She tried to shut it all out of her mind , and remember that she should consider herself lucky , for Avenue Foch would be a thousand times worse . |
| 16 | Vicky should count herself lucky . |
| 17 | It was to be expected , and she knew she must show herself to be more efficient in future . |
| 18 | She wants her image ‘ sorted out ’ before she signs a deal to prevent any manipulation , to ensure no one tells her how she should present herself to the record-buying public . |
| 19 | And what was it but deception that she should present herself at Vendelin Gajdusek 's home and allow him to think she was her sister ? |
| 20 | In his frustration and anger , he had told her that she must give herself as well before he would take them . |
| 21 | In this new life which had been thrust upon her , she felt that she must surround herself with a little group of servants whom she knew to be loyal to her . |
| 22 | It seems a good thing that she should occupy herself with these children next door . |
| 23 | Setting aside the question of whom Europe must defend herself against , each of these points of view fails to take account of one critical fact : the military structures of Nato , which have proved their worth over forty years , will still be in place regardless of any diminution of the American presence in Europe . |
| 24 | He put on his shirt and suggested she should wash herself at the sink . |
| 25 | And then I thought I would write and suggest that she should suggest herself to tea one day and not only did she have the effrontery to do so but she brought her husband . |
| 26 | She had n't eaten the spinach , and in doing so created a martyrdom ; now she must restrain herself from the agonizing satisfaction of telling Maman all the truth , thus getting Aunt Tossie into dreadful trouble . |
| 27 | She must hone herself into the likeness of her beloved stiletto . |
| 28 | Bechor J. who gave the judgment of the court stated : ‘ English common law holds that a woman must submit herself totally to her husband . |
| 29 | She can not afford to make a mistake so she must leave herself to the administrations of Lady G , June 's of Hamilton or Gina Smart in Ayr . |
| 30 | Linguistic research which was meant to help women understand and change their reality is being used here to hurt them , if only by creating in the mind of the female reader one more problem , a linguistic inadequacy for which she must blame herself . |