Example sentences of "and [vb past] herself [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat down quickly on the couch and hugged herself to keep from shaking . |
| 2 | She asked herself which of them she should phone and found herself trembling at the thought of phoning any of them . |
| 3 | His wife , who was never speechless in those days , entertained the painters , art critics and sculptors more successfully than her husband and found herself slipping into various love affairs which her Arnold , smiling quietly and getting on with his business and his collection , seemed to expect . |
| 4 | When she had done all she could she went to the bathroom and wept for a while and found herself raging against her lodger for being young and clean and free of spirit and unsure because he had never faced death . |
| 5 | Walking over to the nearest window , she peered out and found herself looking across what was unmistakably the Grand Canal . |
| 6 | Beth shuffled her feet in the awkward silence and found herself looking at the second man more closely . |
| 7 | But it was not a dream : she heard her own voice making promises to worship João with her body and to be faithful to him unto death ; she felt the ring being pushed onto her finger , and found herself looking into her husband 's melting eyes . |
| 8 | She was suddenly wrenched from the barrier , spun round into tight arms and found herself looking into Alain 's blazing eyes . |
| 9 | Lowering her head , Loretta stepped through the narrow gap , and found herself looking from the shadow of the gateway across a carefully tended lawn to the far side of the college . |
| 10 | Alice ended with a flourish of her bow , held it high in the air and found herself laughing in triumph . |
| 11 | She was still sick at heart when she passed down through the last glade and found herself staring at the Lodge 's covert thatch , its closed door , She stood for a time in the yard outside , afraid to enter . |
| 12 | She stood motionless , waiting for the two to break apart , and found herself staring at the girl from whom Niall was now gently detaching himself . |
| 13 | She swung round , empty syringe still in her hand , and found herself staring at Robert Sheldrake . |
| 14 | Marion came out of her hut at the noise , straightened , and found herself staring into Lachlan 's eyes . |
| 15 | After the meal she escaped as soon as she could and found herself walking up the stairs with Mitch . |
| 16 | Jessamy followed more slowly , and found herself walking through a large hall in what was probably the oldest part of the house . |
| 17 | The other teenage boys in the room were obviously heated with drugs and talk of women , for Amal was pounced upon by several boys at once and found herself pinned to the floor . |
| 18 | She was not quick enough to be out of the room before Mrs Eckley was in it and found herself trapped by her between chair and door . |
| 19 | Happily she drifted into the man 's arms , and found herself spinning from one partner to another , thrilled with the magic of dancing in a snowy square , the growing gloom lit by the dainty fairy lights and lanterns . |
| 20 | In turn she moved aside to allow someone else room at the counter and found herself standing beside Moran . |
| 21 | She struck out blindly and found herself taken in a firm grip . |
| 22 | She clutched the doll to her heart , and told herself to think of poor dead Effie whose fate had been so much worse than her own , and that should teach her to count her blessings as her dear aunt Nella had always said . |
| 23 | However , she took Tom 's advice and busied herself preparing for Anna 's wedding day . |
| 24 | She looked in shop windows and willed herself to think of the days when she would be able to afford clothes like she saw there . |
| 25 | She could feel the almost-accidental brush of his hand against her hair and felt herself flood with a warmth deeper and more insistent than the scalding heat of the water in which they were immersed . |
| 26 | Mrs Stych swivelled round on her stool and forced herself to attend to her son . |
| 27 | She paused and forced herself to look at him steadily , but his expression gave nothing away . |
| 28 | Something flared inside her , but she quickly quelled it and forced herself to concentrate on what he was saying . |
| 29 | She brushed away the dullness that settled itself on her whenever she thought too hard about his death , about the way he had chosen to live parts of his life , the worries that had been there within her , deep below the surface , and forced herself to concentrate on finding the right numbered exit to this magnificent part of Gloucestershire . |
| 30 | Claudia Yeo closed her eyes and forced herself to speak to the empty space behind the desk . |