Example sentences of "herself as she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to be talking to herself as she gazed into the fire . |
| 2 | Not only was Mrs Funnell startled , but Victoria was too , and even Peggy herself as she rounded on the old woman , crying at the top of her voice now , ‘ Like all men of his ilk , with a bloody big moaning mouth , yelling off , I , I , I , all the time , his wants . |
| 3 | ‘ No matter , ’ she said to herself as she walked into the hall . |
| 4 | ‘ T'is pity she 's a whore , ’ she said , smiling to herself as she crept along the landing to the second bedroom . |
| 5 | Iris , you 've got an admirer , murmured Melissa to herself as she got into the car . |
| 6 | It is regrettable , Elisabeth observed to herself as she climbed through the dunes , that clever men do not always make consoling company . |
| 7 | Caroline hugged herself as she danced to the telephone . |
| 8 | You will count very slowly to ten , Hilary admonished herself as she stood in the lane watching Leo 's rapidly diminishing figure . |
| 9 | Robyn smiled to herself as she charged down the motorway and imagined how she must look in such a battered , ramshackle old thing . |