Example sentences of "her [noun pl] [to-vb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I would n't — I did n't — ’ Polly cried , then broke off , fastening her lower lip between her teeth to stop herself venting her frustration and growing fear on the man opposite . |
| 2 | She tried to follow and almost fell down the stairs , gritting her teeth to prevent herself passing out . |
| 3 | Lee jumped and opened her eyes to find herself alone in the restroom apart from one of the girls who worked there , who was leaning over her and gently shaking her shoulder . |
| 4 | She pulled away a little , opening her eyes to find herself cradled on Penry 's lap like a child . |
| 5 | It was a lovely night , a night for calling on all her courage and all her resources to pull herself and her father out of this crisis . |
| 6 | Fleury was quite wrong in thinking that Miriam had been nourishing amorous ambitions as far as the Collector was concerned ; on the contrary , throughout the siege she had taken great pains not to allow her feelings to attach themselves to any individual man . |
| 7 | The baby had been endeavouring with grim determination to haul himself from the floor on to Alexandra 's knee , gripping handfuls of her skirts to assist himself and heaving with astonishing strength . |
| 8 | Defries ducked , fell , threw out her arms to save herself from falling off the girder . |
| 9 | He followed her , howling and swearing , so that Teresa , who had come out of the kitchen at the tremendous noise , cowered against the door and put up her arms to protect herself from what she believed would be an attack . |
| 10 | It was then Ruth was filled with such an anger that she had to crush tight her fists to stop herself from flying up the steps to beat at Fernando 's chest . |
| 11 | Suddenly Isabel was no longer floating , she was falling instead , the sensation so swift and unexpected that she flung up her hands to save herself , and found them clinging to the source of the heat above her . |
| 12 | The sight made her swallow convulsively , and unconsciously she curled her fingers into the palms of her hands to stop herself from simply reaching out to touch his skin . |
| 13 | Miss Harker jumped back with a stifled cry and put up her hands to protect herself . |
| 14 | Mum Carol encouraged all of her children to express themselves but was never the ‘ pushy showbiz mum ’ . |
| 15 | Utterly ignoring her struggles to free herself , he slid one hand beneath her hair to cup the back of her neck , and pulled her face to within a couple of inches of his own . |