Example sentences of "[vb pp] herself at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dawn Allenby , a masochist if ever there was one , should have prostrated herself at the feet of Desmond Fairchild , a sadist in a trilby hat worn with the brim turned up all the way round like vaudeville comic . |
| 2 | — as she might have said herself at the time ) . |
| 3 | A serving-maid to all intents and purposes , she had presented herself at the door which gave access to the rear stairs , the garden stairs , which led to the royal apartments . |
| 4 | However , it seemed the news that a low-class woman had presented herself at the back door alerted Master Jobbernole to the possible reason for her presence and its consequences . |
| 5 | She 'd placed herself at his mercy . |
| 6 | An eager public woman appealed to him with the story of her cleaning woman , who had proved herself at fault . |
| 7 | Miss Honey had seated herself at her table and was riffling through some papers . |
| 8 | She had quite literally thrown herself at him , she had bitten him in the neck so hard that he had bled , she had scratched his face and torn his clothes . |
| 9 | She had stalked him with infinite care , she had attacked him frontally , she had thrown herself at him and teased him , and had finally reached the point of consummation where he was coming to dinner , in an empty house , wanting her . |
| 10 | She 'd thrown herself at him , of course . |
| 11 | She 'd thrown herself at him , and then when she 'd panicked he 'd dropped her like a hot potato … what a fool she 'd been ! |
| 12 | The Cheyney brothers were notable in Anglo-Italian society of the 1820s and 1830s , and were especially connected with Rome , where their mother had established herself at the Palazzo Sciarra . |