Example sentences of "not [vb infin] herself [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she stood there , heart racing , just for a moment Lisa did not trust herself to answer him . |
| 2 | She wanted desperately to confide in someone about this , but once again found it impossible to find anyone suitable her mother was too distraught , her father was dead , and she could not bring herself to mention it to Miriam for fear of provoking some too blunt observations on the mysterious workings of a lady 's insides . |
| 3 | Still she could not bring herself to touch him , until , turning his head , she saw the scar , and without thinking leaned forward to kiss that , a butterfly kiss like his , to show him that she loved him — and his scar . |
| 4 | These doubts , hard to pin down , because reason easily disposed of them all , crystallised around the fact that Comrade Andrew too often smelled of drink ; she could not bring herself to criticise him for his partiality to the goose-girl , because she had learned so long ago and so thoroughly simply to switch off in this area . |
| 5 | She could not bring herself to do it . |
| 6 | Despite the strength of her misgivings , she could not bring herself to voice them . |
| 7 | All explanations , all excuses were crude and deadly , and she could not bring herself to make them , but she could not sit there either , contemplating her own slow lapse from grace . |
| 8 | She can not bring herself to eat it . |
| 9 | They believed in the myth and Diana could not bring herself to tell them the awful truth . |
| 10 | She would not allow herself to see it . |