Example sentences of "[vb pp] herself in " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old nurse hanged herself in one of the barns . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The plan — a simple one — was for the Tongue to be stolen immediately after Laura had installed herself in her room at The Randolph . |
| 4 | It 's like she had a multi-barrelled gun , and has n't just shot herself in the foot , but shot herself everywhere and blown her own head off , and no-one seems to have noticed . |
| 5 | His defence lawyer says the case is unique in French law in that the court accepted Kim might have stabbed herself in this way . |
| 6 | He had not been serious , and although she had thought herself in love with him at the time he had known that it would be a mistake for them to marry — even if Burun , who was her father , had been prepared to permit such a thing . |
| 7 | She had thought herself in love , but it had been only an infatuation , the awakening response of a young , impressionable girl . |
| 8 | It was a feeling which she had never had before , not even with Terry or Havvie , both of whom she had thought herself in love with . |
| 9 | There was no other explanation ; she 'd gone and landed herself in the sole company of a madman . |
| 10 | She came home early from the office , and she has locked herself in her room . |
| 11 | Had she locked herself in a place of comparative safety ? |
| 12 | This is because Britain could not have defended herself in the Cold War order , and the common enemy demanded common action . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , come on in then ! ’ had reseated herself in the chair , and motioned me to take my place next to her at the desk . |
| 14 | Even so , she had hidden herself in the claustrophobic cabin , afraid she might be recognized . |
| 15 | However , the talents of her mind amply compensated for the defects of her person ; and if , with so few advantages , she was capable of writing with so much credit to herself , there can be no doubt but , if her career had been prolonged , she would have greatly distinguished herself in the annals of female literature [ |
| 16 | Commissioned in May of 1986 , this vessel has distinguished herself in both the U.S. and European cruising circuits . |
| 17 | She had , lately , almost come to this point with Gildas , but had checked herself in time . |
| 18 | She had found herself in the safe nook between Fenna 's sail-like wing and the crenellated and fantastic fortress of his spine . |
| 19 | She had already found herself in isolation over progress to monetary union and the endorsement of a social charter of workers ' rights , and it became clear that the new European Community order would be built on an even closer alliance of France and West Germany . |
| 20 | Once she suddenly landed up in hospital for what was not an emergency ; several times she had found herself in a new home ; and on one occasion she had arrived in another country with a new ‘ father ’ — all without warning or previous explanation . |
| 21 | Emma Lyon , who made her way up the social scale by similar means , would have found herself in prison earlier had it not been for the lifeline thrown to her by her friends and former lovers . |
| 22 | The walls were maroon and the carpet was purple and the effect was expensive , but Lee felt as depressed as if she had found herself in the smelly hallway of a neglected and deprived residence . |
| 23 | Even though the arrangements made by London had gone wrong , she had still found herself in a position to fight the Nazis . |
| 24 | She , who had always pulled the strings , to have found herself in this position . |
| 25 | If she 'd stayed in a fit state then she would n't have found herself in this situation now . |
| 26 | She wore enormous shapeless skirts which looked as if they were made from old curtains or bedspreads , and baggy sweatshirts which she had dyed herself in dingy shades of rust , snot-green and pale mouldy purple . |
| 27 | She had introduced herself in rather a peevish voice as Gladys someone-or-other . |
| 28 | She had entrenched herself in virtue . |
| 29 | He poured half a glass of neat Scotch , raised it to Leonora who had seated herself in an arm chair , erect and elegant . |
| 30 | Stella had believed herself in love with him . |