Example sentences of "[v-ing] herself [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Standing flaunting herself when ye went wie the milk . ’ |
| 2 | She jumps into the basin and starts cleaning herself and she hears ching ! |
| 3 | Liam was n't sure , but he had the feeling Nellie was beginning to take an interest , and was even enjoying herself as they sat in the bus . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm pleased with it , ’ Maria responded warily , reminding herself that she worked for the man . |
| 5 | And so , during the holiday , Millie was again invited to tea , and on this visit she amused them , together with their other children , a twelve-year old son , and a five-year old daughter , when she gave them an imitation of the nuns , excelling herself when she touched on Sister Mary . |
| 6 | She annoyed her father intensely by regularly wetting herself when he did not immediately attend to her . |
| 7 | She moved , placing herself where he had to look at her , Coffin was embarrassed for her . |
| 8 | She could feel Jackie watching her as she took a step forward , but she resisted the temptation to glance back , thrusting herself away from him , one step after another , angrily trying to justify her uncharacteristic behaviour and telling herself that she had no need to justify it . |
| 9 | For a long time she lay awake , staring into the darkness and telling herself that she had been absolutely crazy to let this happen . |
| 10 | But now had she not , just as she was telling herself that she commanded the game , in fact lost her freedom ? |
| 11 | Elizabeth of Spalbeck imitated the Passion of Christ at the Canonical Hours : at Matins , beating herself as she remembered Christ being taken with swords and staves ; at Prime , walking with arms twisted behind her back like a bound thief to commemorate Christ being led from Caiaphas to Pilate and then Herod ; at Sext , None and Evensong , stretching herself in a cruciform posture . |