Example sentences of "she [verb] [pn reflx] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she told herself that the precaution was surely unnecessary and ridiculous . |
| 2 | When she told herself that the concern could be genuine . |
| 3 | She told herself that the best thing she could do would be to go out of the house and climb up to where the buzzards and the ravens nested on the clifftop , but she did n't pay herself much attention . |
| 4 | He rushed to inspect the scene of desecration , and she told herself that the opportunity was simply too good to miss . |
| 5 | Trying to be positive about her inability so far to have a child , Wendy says she tells herself that the whole experience has made her a stronger person . |
| 6 | She reminded herself that the guilt , if there was any , belonged to Dana , but she could n't believe her twin knew about Berenice . |
| 7 | She convinced herself that the bulimia , which had scarred her engagement , was simply an attack of pre-wedding nerves and that Mrs Parker-Bowles was consigned to history . |
| 8 | It was bitterly resentful , her hatred burning high as she remembered the months running into years that it had taken for her to convince herself that the guilt she had felt after her own father 's death was a self-destructive trap and just one more wrong done to her by Luke Scott . |