Example sentences of "[prep] herself the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Each suburban wife , as she made the beds , shopped for groceries , ate peanut-butter sandwiches with her children , chauffeured Cubs and Brownies , lay beside her husband at night , was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question , ‘ Is this all ? ’ ’ |
| 2 | Leila closed her eyes , visualising for herself the pleasant warmth of Ari 's fantasy world . |
| 3 | Behind her dark glasses , she constructed for herself the illusion of security . |
| 4 | She had seen for herself the effect he had on many of his clients ; had herself been impressed by his ability to amuse them with his quick wit and entertaining anecdotes . |
| 5 | She had chosen for herself the human equivalent of sackcloth and ashes , and she denounced herself for a masochist . |
| 6 | Rose could never afford for herself the sort of supper her young man will provide for her , and she 's fly enough not to get herself dragged into an alley and done out of it . |
| 7 | Certainly the happiest and most confident period in Firdaus ' life is when she can pick and choose her customers and determine for herself the relationship she will have with them . |
| 8 | The more he required her to talk about herself the more he longed for her to ask him about himself . |
| 9 | " Look , " said Alice , feeling in herself the beginnings of an all too familiar weight and drag . |
| 10 | The Queen of the Night must understand these instincts , if she is to have control over them ; she must know her own wildness , and sense within herself the vigilance of the owl and the cunning of the fox before she can bring them into her domain . |
| 11 | Minuchin 's description of the anorexic as one who takes upon herself the burden of familial conflicts and the internal conflicts of those around her indicates that the anorexic ‘ sees ’ what is going on within and among other people in a very special way . |
| 12 | It was he , after all , who was the master of the Art , and now that Louisa had taken upon herself the task of preparing his way he was freed from the immediate pressure of time . |
| 13 | She would keep to herself the colour of her days — white Mondays , bordered in yellow , mahogany-brown Sundays . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've done quite well , ’ Arlene conceded , keeping to herself the growing excitement with which she had been watching Paula over the past weeks . |
| 15 | The intricate and ever-growing industrial co-operation of the civilised nations through trade does not permit any nation to keep to herself the gain of any market she may hold . |
| 16 | She had meant to be comforting , but even to herself the words sounded depressed . |
| 17 | Lovingly , as if repeating one of the poems she had learnt as a girl , and never forgotten , she crooned to herself the doctor 's words , ‘ Nothing to worry about , Mrs Mallory . |
| 18 | Had already admitted to herself the extent of her own love for him . |
| 19 | Sophie nodded , keeping to herself the thought that George was expounding a powerful argument against the keeping of animals in zoos . |
| 20 | But the longer she looked at herself the more she knew that she was going to buy this hat , or perhaps these two hats , and this beautiful , beautiful outfit . |