Example sentences of "[v-ing] herself [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | For years the house had been civilised and orderly ; she and her husband downstairs , with the garden , Mrs Jackson , a widow , keeping herself to herself , in the flat above . |
| 2 | The lecherous Cohn once used his intercom to address an embarrassed starlet when he asked her if she was keeping herself in a state of sexual readiness for him . |
| 3 | Married but childfree , she 's gearing herself for a sad goodbye to her 20s . |
| 4 | She used her feet , dancing away and flying back , anchoring herself to the broken lamp-post as she launched four rapid kicks to the Daughter 's torso . |
| 5 | MRS BODY 'S mother-in-law , otherwise known as Tracey 's Gran , dies in the middle of Neighbours , revealing herself as a woman of sensibility . |
| 6 | Genevieve wins by driving herself across Westminster Bridge . |
| 7 | One source said : ‘ It would come as no surprise to find her driving herself to the church . |
| 8 | Topaz blushed with pleasure at the unexpected praise , but she still went on driving herself to , and beyond , her limits . |
| 9 | She remembered because she had seen her drive off and it was unusual for ‘ a señora of her quality ’ to be driving herself with no companion . |
| 10 | After satisfying herself to that end , she rose presently to give them a chance to be together , and to allow Bishop Jon to awaken without embarrassment . |
| 11 | Just now ( but this can not last she thought , dissociating herself from the moment while she talked about boots ) just now she had reached security ; she hovered like a hawk suspended ; like a flag floated in an element of joy which filled every nerve of her body fully and sweetly , not noisily , solemnly rather , for it arose , she thought , looking at them all eating there , from husband and children and friends … |
| 12 | He was in the restaurant kitchen late one night before closing up , knocking back the remains of four glasses of liqueur from a dirty table , when his head suddenly cleared and he heard some lines from the past in a devastating playback in his head : ‘ You 're better off without me ’ — Bella 's voice , coolly justifying herself to him on the telephone . |
| 13 | Then she padded across to a low stool and sat down , surveying herself in the mirror that lined her bathroom walls on two sides . |
| 14 | ‘ Way you go , Patty , ’ he said softly , and the dog was off , hurling herself along the embankment , all paws and flying ears , after a rabbit who had been sitting in a patch of sun but disappeared with contemptuous ease as she came close . |
| 15 | We 've missed you , ’ cried Victoria , hurling herself into Tamar 's arms . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm glad you approve , ’ said Helen , applying herself to the acquisitions file . |
| 17 | Rose shut herself into her office , grimly applying herself to routine . |
| 18 | She is launching herself into Europe with at least as much conviction as any other British businessperson has so far shown . |
| 19 | JEWKES : But she sits cooling herself in the hall over against the staircase . |
| 20 | Eleanor , disguising herself as a man , attempted to join them , but was captured and spent the rest of Henry II 's reign in prison . |
| 21 | Mrs Molina , who won 55% of the vote in the run-off , triumphed by painting herself as an outsider and a reformer . |
| 22 | He gave him a hand with a large oil drum , and then another , as Nell , tearing herself from her appointed task , dragged over a bench . |
| 23 | But not too many of those who reckoned she should be pitting herself alongside the professionals recognised that she was putting herself through a far tougher ordeal by playing in a junior championship where she had everything to lose , nothing to gain . |
| 24 | All at once , Melanie was back home and swathing herself in diaphanous veiling before a mirror . |
| 25 | But short of getting dressed , or rummaging in the hall cupboard for her Burberry , or swathing herself in her duvet and sweeping ornaments to the ground as she tiptoed through the sitting-room , she could n't think of any solution . |
| 26 | She drew back , pressing herself into the upholstered chair , and surreptitiously studied him in the gilt mirror opposite . |
| 27 | The repeated touch of his mouth on her own thrilled through her , tasting her with such erotic intensity that she gasped , straining against him , seeking the solace of his flesh , assuaging the ache in her own trembling limbs by pressing herself against his adamant masculine frame . |
| 28 | She cringed back from him , pressing herself against the stove , wondering if she could edge past and make for the door . |
| 29 | She struggled in his hold , pressing herself from him ; but he maintained his forceful hold on her and , looking into his face , she said , ‘ I 'm growing up . |
| 30 | I understand he 's ill. , Seating herself on one of the wooden chairs , she drew off her fine kid gloves and placed them on the table . |