Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [vb past] herself " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he had pressed her into a seat she had herself under more control , and was suffering acute embarrassment at her outburst . |
| 2 | She was standing on the drive , reaching the end of a discussion about a kitchen order with Leif , and as Vitor climbed from the car she felt herself grow tense . |
| 3 | And as she thought of the good golfing years she had allowed to go to waste , so praying and practice loomed large in the recovery programme she set herself . |
| 4 | Some were of classical music , one a relaxation tape she used herself , and the rest an assortment belonging to the children . |
| 5 | Did he know exactly the kind of dilemma she found herself in ? |
| 6 | When at last she fell , she waited , lying expectant on the stones , before , in a small anguish of disappointment she picked herself up . |
| 7 | From that cold , emotionless void she watched herself speak kindly to the young girl introduced as Ellen , thank the Queen for her great kindness , beg to be excused from dining in the hall on the grounds of wishing to find her priest as soon as possible , and resolutely put all thought of fitzAlan out of her mind . |
| 8 | When she regained consciousness she found herself lying on a large settee in a dimly lit room . |
| 9 | As Travis set her down on her good leg inside the hut she gave herself up to a sense of fatalism . |
| 10 | With a shriek of delight she threw herself at Maggie , enveloping her in the warmest of embraces . |
| 11 | For a fleeting second she allowed herself to revel in the unaccustomed feeling of having the upper hand over him . |
| 12 | There was a boy she fancied herself — Jeff Freeman — and she was busy laying plans to entice him away from his steady girlfriend . |
| 13 | Once her mother , talking of Christmas , had said that as a child she had herself received no presents , as it had never occurred to anyone to buy such things — but that one year her elder brother , thinking to tease her , had hung at the end of her bed a stocking , and that when , excited , she had sprung to open it , she found it contained ashes from last night 's grate . |
| 14 | There was a tight , hard knot in her stomach that seemed to preclude eating , but in a gesture of defiance she helped herself to a platter of seafood . |
| 15 | But if the Mother of God heard , she must have decided that the cause was not a worthy one , for as Jennifer moved out from behind the dovecot she felt herself seized from behind . |
| 16 | In an effort to quell the hysteria she made herself do ordinary things — putting the kettle on to boil — milk to warm — instant coffee in two brown mugs . |
| 17 | From a cupboard , she took a large , brown , straw hat and a dark grey coat ; and after first pinning the hat on to her hair she shrugged herself into the coat . |
| 18 | Well , I know in the interview you did with Patsy Kensit she gave herself a 4 so I 'll have to go for 2 . |
| 19 | She must n't give up hope she told herself . |
| 20 | For an instant she told herself she had imagined the almost feral glint behind the long , dark lashes as Niall said casually , ‘ If I did n't know better , I might almost get the idea that you were jealous . ’ |
| 21 | Sneaking across the kitchen she made herself some bread and margarine . |
| 22 | At the grand banquet she toasted herself in champagne owing to confusion . |
| 23 | With her left foot she pushed herself and the pole away from the building . |
| 24 | Numb with agony and humiliation , she got undressed like a ghost and went to bed , unable to let herself dwell too deeply on what had happened in case she found herself asking the inevitable question : if I hate Damian Flint , why has he been able to hurt me so deeply ? |
| 25 | For the moment she busied herself making a fresh pot of tea , while Karen cleared the dirty plates and made room for their toast and marmalade . |
| 26 | After a moment she felt herself lifted and carried a few paces . |
| 27 | For one desperate moment she allowed herself to question whether he really had done it , but knew there could be no other answer . |
| 28 | Somewhere on the edge of this feeling she knew there was danger , but for the moment she allowed herself to drift alone on a cloud of enchantment . |
| 29 | As soon as his arms closed about her , her body nestled into his as though it belonged there , and just for a moment she allowed herself to lay her forehead against his shoulder . |
| 30 | Then he brought his blazing eyes unhurriedly to her face and for a long moment she found herself wishing time would stand still ; when he looked at her like that … she swallowed , felt her pulse beating wildly ; his eyes were devouring hers . |