Example sentences of "herself up " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet the drama lies in this , wrote Harsnet , that perhaps the Bride really wishes to remain only a bride , at the moment of her bridity , and the bachelors only bachelors , at the moment of their bachelorhood , dangling together like pegs on a line , boys together at eternal stag party , as the bride a virgin forever in her dream of giving herself up to something else , crossing the threshold to another existence . |
| 2 | Mrs Venables drew herself up . |
| 3 | Now she tidied herself up , arranged her shawl on her forehead , and soothed the baby , who was still nuzzling for her breast . |
| 4 | In fact , I only met one decorator … a young couple wanted to buy a piece and I offered them a discount as they had n't got a decorator - at which she drew herself up and said : ‘ We are not married . |
| 5 | Picking herself up , she shouted , |
| 6 | When he had gone , she dragged herself up the iron staircase to her own room . |
| 7 | He was the kindest , most generous of men , and spread great happiness ( Jane had only to think of him to cheer herself up ) — but was himself a tragic figure , tied to a wife he did not love . |
| 8 | She was out every evening , sometimes staying away all night and coming back in the afternoon only to tart herself up for the next evening away . |
| 9 | I remember how her country beginnings showed themselves then : she made no fuss about seeming to be lost , nor did she work herself up into a state as the aunts would have done , just stood there patiently and quietly while I untangled her and found the way ; and did not even grumble , although after that I let her decide where we should go , which was usually across a field near the sewage plant , and along a road near the gasworks . |
| 10 | ‘ I locked that ! ’ thought Marie , hauling herself up into the dim interior . |
| 11 | She pulled herself up on her walking-frame and shuffled off , pushing it in front of her , towards the kitchen . |
| 12 | Stumbling slightly , she moved out of the way , propping herself up against one of the big windows . |
| 13 | She put a hand up to touch his lips and gently with the other eased herself up from the sofa . |
| 14 | ‘ Not my sister , ’ she drew herself up in the chair . |
| 15 | Two or three times , during the past few days , she had caught herself blaming Alida Thorne bitterly , but had pulled herself up short , for she had no experience of life alone with an elderly and ailing dependent , she could not say , I would never do such a thing , because how did anyone know ? |
| 16 | Because she has worked herself up into a pitiful state of fear and tension , this does not mean that her suffering is not real . |
| 17 | All except one , who had worked herself up into such a frenzy of excitement , that she became quite terrified and galloped straight into a fence — which fortunately was made of pine rails that collapsed harmlessly under the assault . |
| 18 | The horse was rather surprised , and stood in the road waiting for her to pick herself up . |
| 19 | When her owner tried to get on , she crossed her jaws , and flung herself up on to her hind legs , wild-eyed and distraught ; and no amount of reassurance , leaving the reins completely slack , or having another person hold her made any difference . |
| 20 | She shivered with cold , even though the bathwater was still warm ; and she pulled herself up , causing a big splash and sending Dunya leaping for safety . |
| 21 | She just made up a load of stories to cheer herself up . ’ |
| 22 | Evelyn had wrought herself up to such a pitch that she was utterly unprepared for this turn of events . |
| 23 | She pulled herself up onto an elbow to gaze at him . |
| 24 | You can watch the newsreader 's lips getting into gear , like Fatima Whitbread psyching herself up for the big throw . |
| 25 | She gave herself up to the water almost gratefully . |
| 26 | Jessie drew herself up straight . |
| 27 | Agnes pulled herself up straighter in the chair and , looking into the broad face , she said , ‘ Your son has been seeing my sister clandestinely . ’ |
| 28 | Judy knew Brown Owl would be very cross if she saw Mandy on the other side of the fence — but she did n't have time to worry very long about that , for in a minute or two a loud , frightened scream shrilled from Mandy , who had stepped forward and bent to pick up the ball resting on the bright-green surface of the ground — and found herself up to her knees in treacherous , clinging slime . |
| 29 | Twice before she reached the opposite bank Jenny missed her footing and plunged -chest-deep into the river , but each time she was able , to grasp the slippery stepping-stone and slowly haul herself up on to it . |
| 30 | Crossing over to the tree , she began to climb up , drawing herself up from branch to branch wherever she could find foothold or handhold . |