Example sentences of "[vb pp] herself on " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Maggie had perched herself on one she said , Does this mean I 'm being interviewed ? ’ |
| 2 | But Pa is operating the machine himself today , it being Sunday and Ma having excused herself on account of the washing . |
| 3 | But her wounds had begun to heal and yesterday she had felt herself on the verge of a promising beginning — an uphill struggle , perhaps , but a definite move towards new happiness . |
| 4 | Could our good Christian Mrs Dallam possibly expose her daughter , and her friends ' daughters , to a woman like Marie , who has shown herself on a public stage for money , and lived with one man while married to another ? |
| 5 | From observing Star Eye , he thought she 'd modelled herself on Cabochon : she even sat like him and had started scraping her hair back into a ponytail , even though it was n't really long enough yet . |
| 6 | Snow Queen : Winter-sports fan Queen Sirikit of Thailand is said to have modelled herself on our own Elizabeth II |
| 7 | The little deer was seen staggering in a distressed and bloated condition , captured with difficulty and taken to a vet who pumped fermented corn from the stomach — presumably the fawn had gorged herself on pheasant feed . |
| 8 | She 'd found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of teasing about her impromptu topless dip in the sea and her valiant rescuer , and she 'd fenced it as calmly as she could . |
| 9 | In Faye 's first painting , she had turned out so wraithlike and ethereal that she had secretly weighed herself on Faye 's bathroom scales to make sure she still came in at fifty-three kilograms . |
| 10 | Buzz settled herself on the upright chair by Elinor 's bed , firmly clasping her old-fashioned handbag on her lap . |
| 11 | She had introduced herself on the doorstep , often been invited in and asked the tenants to let her know if they had any problems with which she could help . |
| 12 | Conscious that the fat woman had seated herself on a stack of biscuit tins and was listening avidly , Joe said ‘ Er , I want to take some groceries to an old lady . |
| 13 | From the age of 22 she had cut herself on many occasions . |
| 14 | Emily always repeated this warning , although she was the only one who had ever cut herself on the bacon-slicer . |
| 15 | She , who had always prided herself on total moral and material independence . |
| 16 | And Sally had always prided herself on being sensible , if nothing else . |
| 17 | She was a grown woman and she had always prided herself on her common sense , but all the same … |
| 18 | She had always prided herself on her resoluteness and fortitude but there was one fear she had never managed to conquer — a fear of rats which dated back to an incident when she was three years old . |
| 19 | Kate had prided herself on never doing so , but maybe she had failed ? |
| 20 | She 'd always prided herself on her inner strength . |
| 21 | In truth , she 'd never reacted to male advances with such venom before — in fact she 'd always prided herself on being able to stay cool . |
| 22 | She had always prided herself on her calm , her coolness under pressure , yet twenty minutes of Luke Calder 's company and she was ready to act like a harpy ! |
| 23 | She — who 'd always prided herself on her clear , incisive brain — was now finding that her thought processes seemed to be completely jammed . |
| 24 | She had always prided herself on her tolerance and open-mindedness — how dared he call her bigoted ? |
| 25 | Of whom there were more than a few I would imagine , thinking of how she had thrown herself on the poor defenceless Marcus . |
| 26 | No older girl has ever pissed herself on account of Laverne before . |
| 27 | One Christmas her mother had scalded herself on the turkey fat . |