Example sentences of "she can [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more she can stop herself ‘ mothering ’ her son in the old familiar way , the sooner he will feel that it is ‘ safe ’ to be close to her , without risk to his own manhood . |
| 2 | What she can make herself sick . |
| 3 | It may be rejected or abused but it can not be devalued , and if she can bring herself to look ahead without bitterness it can still bear fruit in her own life . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you know , Anna , my darling , that the poor child longed , only longed , to be a concert pianist but was literally forced by her ogreish father to nurse him while he died of drink and now her spirit is quite broken and all she can bring herself to do is dispense plastic cups of repellent coffee to OAPs going to Ferndown to see their married daughters ? ’ |
| 5 | Stef has a good job : she can support herself . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , she can help herself to control her panic attacks by slowing down her breathing as soon as she feels an attack coming on . |
| 7 | Tracey is also being shown in advance how she can help herself when she 's recovering from the operation . |
| 8 | The anorexic who has achieved her emaciated state is faced with two choices : she can relax her control and surrender her will , thus admitting defeat ; or she can allow herself to die of starvation , thus gaining her paradoxical victory . |
| 9 | She can find herself working exclusively with the obvious problem students . |
| 10 | A group of women can take in another who is thoroughly miserable , and if she allows herself to join in , she can find herself much restored by the general strength there . |
| 11 | Transformed into an extremely confident manager , she can push herself easily . |