Example sentences of "her [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She licked her fingers and applied herself to her beer . |
| 2 | After she had given Miguel time to pay the bills and get away , she retraced her steps and found herself a table at a café in an arcade in one of the ornamental squares by a pretty fountain . |
| 3 | Lisa stared hard into the fire as despair flooded through her , then , fighting for control , she raised her cup to her lips and forced herself to drink a mouthful of warm tea . |
| 4 | Now there was no choice but to raise her eyes and let herself see the house . |
| 5 | As their two entwined bodies bobbed like corks in the water , Ronni closed her eyes and let herself melt against him . |
| 6 | She found herself reaching out to touch him in return , closed her eyes and told herself to stop , but could n't . |
| 7 | She closed her eyes and told herself that that was simply succumbing to a whim , but why not ? |
| 8 | Her head swam ; she shut her eyes and pressed herself against the wall , fighting to steady herself for the return trip , struggling to contain an urge to vomit . |
| 9 | — When Manjiku comes , she shuts her eyes and lets herself fall down his throat past the barbed teeth and come down to land in the foul bilgewater in his gut . |
| 10 | Claudia Yeo closed her eyes and forced herself to speak to the empty space behind the desk . |
| 11 | With a sigh , she leaned against it , laying down her champagne glass , then closed her eyes and forced herself to breathe deeply and slowly . |
| 12 | She wiped the filth out of her eyes and pulled herself into the wreckage of the cockpit . |
| 13 | Claudia closed her eyes and gave herself up to sheer sensation . |
| 14 | The day was Thursday , the start of the academic week ; Flavia combed her hair , washed her eyes and marched herself to the tower . |
| 15 | The music blared out around them — Beatles songs from the Sixties — and for a brief space of time Rachel forgot her worries and allowed herself to be caught up in Belinda 's simple pleasures . |
| 16 | She sank down to the ground , hugging her knees and rocking herself back and forth to keep warm . |
| 17 | Too tired to think any more , she kicked off her sandals and freshened herself up in the scented blue-tiled bathroom , brushing her hair and wiping her hands and face , and then her feet , on the fluffiest white towel she had ever felt . |
| 18 | I was going to tell her I had taken her keys and let myself back into the house , " he added , " but I arrived too late . |
| 19 | She frequently attacked her attendants and discharged herself from institutions where she had been sent for treatment . |
| 20 | It showed a girl by a sunlit window with her back turned , apparently drying her loins and watching herself in the mirror at the same time . |
| 21 | She spent time with her friends and restricted herself to ten minutes on the perfection of Lucy . |
| 22 | The lady smiled and sat down opposite the Wisharts , she carefully placed the wicker basket on the seat next to her , then folded her arms and composed herself in relaxation . |
| 23 | She put her hands on the side and straightened her arms and held herself there . |
| 24 | It would be so easy to give up the battle she 'd been waging against him , simply to lay down her arms and give herself up to the ecstasy of possession . |
| 25 | But then I realised you had joined the queue of dolour — I take it from your sparkling eyes that Lucy 's dropped her drawers and flung herself into sapphic bliss ? ’ |
| 26 | She basked in it , she took off her clothes and browned herself in it . |
| 27 | She crossed her arms across her breasts and hugged herself . |