Example sentences of "[verb] herself a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth fixed herself a cold drink and sat out on the balcony of the apartment to drink it . |
| 2 | Other women in the narrative may not be friends , but are always constructed as rivals for male attention : ‘ She does not consider herself a beauty and this element is used to play off against the beauty of the other woman ( women ) … . ’ |
| 3 | She was about to find herself a seat when she caught sight of him , in conversation with a rather pretty dark young woman , both of them laughing a lot . |
| 4 | Puzzled and anxious and feeling very flat , after the heady excitement of her flight , Sara picked up her bags and went to find herself a seat on the bus going into London . |
| 5 | She had booked herself a bed at a YWCA hostel for the time being . |
| 6 | When she had booked herself a room the clerk had suggested taking either a water-taxi or a vaporetto to the hotel . |
| 7 | Since she left Downing Street , Lady T has sensibly turned her attention elsewhere and built herself a new and interesting life around the globe . |
| 8 | The last years of her life were divided between Bermuda and Plandome , Long Island , where she built herself an Italian-style villa and where she died 29 October 1924 . |
| 9 | All during the night , over and over again , she had found it absurd that she 'd ever considered herself a happy woman . |
| 10 | And when she did at last enter the music room — through the door from the arboretum — she found herself a seat at the back , at the end of a row . |
| 11 | At last , emerging into the street , she found herself a hundred yards behind John Harbour and Meredith . |
| 12 | ‘ She found herself a job as a telephonist at the GPO , ’ Lily said . |
| 13 | Alter Judy became pregnant in the lower sixth at school , she left and found herself a tutor for her A-level English , and also attended maths classes at the local college . |
| 14 | Alina scrambled up alongside , and found herself a rock just a couple of feet lower than his own . |
| 15 | When the show finally ended and the house lights came up , Lucy found herself a backstage corner and waited for a while longer . |
| 16 | Deputy editor Janette Marshall went to interview him recently ( see p.36 ) and found herself a late arrival at his impromptu wedding breakfast . |
| 17 | After she had given Miguel time to pay the bills and get away , she retraced her steps and found herself a table at a café in an arcade in one of the ornamental squares by a pretty fountain . |
| 18 | Torn between tears and laughter , she found herself a clean dress and frilly hat in her locker and went into the showers . |
| 19 | It was to her own surprise that Muriel Box , the director of 14 modest budget feature films between 1951 and 1964 , found herself an inspiration and a role model for a new generation of women film-makers , critics and students . |
| 20 | Meredith found herself an interpreter — the son of the cook — and he 'd become her devoted fan . |
| 21 | She should buy herself a new frock and set her cap at someone else . |
| 22 | She knew as sure as eggs was eggs that Kate , bless her , had finally caught herself a man . |
| 23 | She could have picked herself a better boyfriend . |
| 24 | This was n't the way that she wanted things to be , she told herself a little frantically . |
| 25 | Then , at about eleven , she would pour herself a drink and turn out the lights and sit and think . |
| 26 | In a year 's time or less she would land herself a good job , and a place to live . |
| 27 | Alice decided to sleep in the sitting-room again , because to choose herself a room would be a final separation . |
| 28 | Only out on the water with Pedro panting in the prow had she dared to admit that for the first time in her life she had felt herself a prisoner at the Hall . |
| 29 | The once vivacious teenager now rarely allows herself a smile , and her lively personality has become buried by the strain of living up to everyone 's expectations . |
| 30 | A cup of tea may be her usual tipple , but on such a special day , Nancy allows herself a drop of something a little bit stronger . |