Example sentences of "[vb pp] herself by " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had almost forgotten herself by walking to the big front door , and giggled inwardly at the shock that she would have given Mrs Parker if she had done so . |
| 2 | Matron had prepared herself by carrying a ‘ Scutari ’ lamp . |
| 3 | She was going to sell herself — she has sold herself by now — and would have sold me — for supper . |
| 4 | On her return from Whitehaven she had surprised herself by feeling compelled to go to the room where the four of them had enjoyed the dinner . |
| 5 | She had somehow trained herself by now to block her ears to the ghastly sound of the dreaded box . |
| 6 | He turned and said something that Elisa could not quite catch to a young girl , unnoticed before , who had stationed herself by the door . |
| 7 | She , who had never demeaned herself by falling in love ( which she considered a weakness ) . |
| 8 | There is no escape from the Baglady 's ghastly tale of a ruined life until she has released herself by at last telling her story . |