Example sentences of "[vb past] herself at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was about to say so , in no uncertain terms , but stopped herself at the last moment . |
| 2 | She looked into the eyes of this human peacock and found herself at a complete loss for words ; and he too seemed surprised by this girl who had agreed to be his bride : he looked up at her ( she was half a head taller than he ) in a way that she might have interpreted as hostile had she not been in too much of a turmoil herself to notice it . |
| 3 | She found herself at a loss for words . |
| 4 | His poor mother lacked her husband 's capacity for discipline , and found herself at the mercy of her headstrong son . |
| 5 | Outside she found herself at the top of a fire escape . |
| 6 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |
| 7 | She was able to get her bearings this way and soon found herself at the back of the house . |
| 8 | While the water steamed from the taps , she busied herself at the long table beneath the bathroom mirror , lifting the lids from the various jars and sniffing at them until she found the one she was searching for . |
| 9 | Inside the kitchen , while Carrie busied herself at the range , Seb hovered behind her , wanting to touch her , but not daring to , in case she objected . |
| 10 | Ace threw herself at the speeder controls , stamping on the throttle override while wrenching the steering column forward . |
| 11 | She killed herself at the theatre last night . ’ |
| 12 | Film stars , such as Marilyn Monroe , are likely candidates , and the pressure of such a role can create unbearable conflict ; Monroe killed herself at an early age and at the height of her popularity . |
| 13 | Juliet even surprised herself at the bitter words spilling over . |
| 14 | At two o'clock she seated herself at a window-table in a restaurant overlooking the Nile , near where the houseboat was moored . |
| 15 | She seated herself at the desk . |
| 16 | She seated herself at the desk , relocated a floral display and smiled as the first patient walked into the room . |
| 17 | A WOMAN flung herself at a mugger and bit off his right ear when he snatched her bag in Milan . |
| 18 | Tabitha flung herself at the hard bunk with an angry sigh . |
| 19 | Robyn swore and flung herself at the stove , trying to scrape what was left of the bacon away from the bottom of the pan . |
| 20 | Julia turned away from the sea , stepped from sand onto concrete and settled herself at a terrace table outside a café . |
| 21 | Selina established herself at the circular steel table : evening paper , teacup , a single , deserved cigarette . |
| 22 | Once extended her own eye was pressed to the lens of the telescope that was herself ( was it her own eye 's lens she was looking through the wrong way ? ) and she saw herself at the other end . |
| 23 | When Flora Macdonald presented herself at the south ford , before making the hazardous journey across the sands to Benbecula , the soldiers guarding the passage became suspicious and Flora was arrested and closely questioned . |
| 24 | When she was finished there she hurried back to the kitchen where she washed herself at the sink . |
| 25 | Barking ferociously , the big Great Dane rushed from the rear of the house , skidded around the corner and hurled herself at the gate with such force that it creaked under the impact . |
| 26 | The American star , who was later arrested for harassing an officer , hurled herself at the cops as she rushed to the aide of her pal . |