Example sentences of "she [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 Then she flung herself on to his stomach , squealing with delight , and he began to tickle her .
2 Then she flung herself down into her pillows and gave way to tears of frustration and rage .
3 She flung herself down on her bunk , burying her face in the pillow .
4 She found herself back in her hotel .
5 She drew herself up to her full height , hands on hips ; quite a figure .
6 So , ’ she drew herself up to her full height , her tight black dress clasping her full figure as though the material was pasted to her , ‘ so , ’ she repeated , ‘ I opened it to check the photograph and saw it was Ed Riverton 's .
7 She drew herself up to her full height .
8 She drew herself up to her full height .
9 Looking very much like the arrogant duchess he had once accused her of being , despite her wet and muddy state , she drew herself up to her full height , and stated with flat finality , ‘ You can both do as you please regarding the land .
10 She drew herself up to her full height .
11 She threw herself down at her desk and read Nicola 's note through yet again , the sparkle of excitement in her eyes .
12 She turned herself over in her bed , and snuggled down for an extra , self-indulgent and rare hour of sleep .
13 She pulled herself up on her walking-frame and shuffled off , pushing it in front of her , towards the kitchen .
14 Mother Bombie 's last words before she took herself off to her own quarters had been , ‘ Rose — shift over .
15 With a strength born of desperation , she wrenched herself out of his embrace , rage burning a slow fuse within her .
16 Now , as from the times of childhood , she rode Fenna , seated in the deep hollow of the meeting place of scaled neck , veined wing and rising battlement of spine ; a throne protected from the great gale of his flight , as safe as the rocky cradle secures the foetal child , leaning back towards the bumpy spine as she had leant before , she gave herself over to their journey .
17 Deliberately she sat herself down at her desk and examined her post .
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