Example sentences of "[noun pl] for herself " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I will leave Lady Lavinia to tell you her plans for herself — if she still holds by them . |
| 2 | Miss Rene ignored Miss Belle 's remark and , turning again to Agnes , said , ‘ It should happen that Mrs Bretton-Fawcett had some bills outstanding and that she should at the same time require one or two hats for herself and an equal number for her daughter . |
| 3 | Dinah noticed that the garden was tidy and well weeded , and reserved her opinion of the scholarly pair until she should have seen their methods for herself . |
| 4 | Mum did n't believe in paying any premiums for herself , though . |
| 5 | Melanie decided to say nothing about new pyjamas for herself until the need became really pressing . |
| 6 | Viewers , touched by her life , sent gifts of money which she used to buy not comforts for herself but more cows , and that meant more crippling winter work . |
| 7 | Rain intended to get the keys for herself as soon as Ruby had finished with them . |
| 8 | Knowing he was greatly influenced by astrology , she persuaded the most famous astrologer of her day to draw up horoscopes for herself and the man she was betrothed to . |
| 9 | With no escape route , Belinda was forced to take a long , hard look at herself , re-evaluating expectations for herself as well as Sophie . |
| 10 | She made it sound very simple , as young people do ; and she had n't yet considered the implications for herself , Mr Stanforth reflected cynically , or she would not so blithely dismiss the matter of the inheritance . |
| 11 | In other words , she had to go off and find places for herself and then fly back to me . |
| 12 | She felt like a total loony doing these things for herself . |
| 13 | This is not always easy , especially when the relationship is going through a sticky patch , but if they can feel close from time to time , the pulling-back will happen less , and Elizabeth could reassure Harry that just because she wants to do things for herself does n't mean that she does n't want him . |
| 14 | Of course , being the determined woman she was , Nora decided to take the bull by the horns and organise things for herself . |
| 15 | Yet by doing so she was also making difficulties for herself . |
| 16 | Yes , in the sense that she was not a person who just reacted and went along with the system , but was prepared to be independent and assess situations for herself . |
| 17 | It was a dismal yet necessary task , and whilst one can imagine a young woman 's producing such items for herself and her future husband , it is more difficult for us to accept that she probably also fashioned one or two smaller versions at the same time , for infant mortality was high . |
| 18 | The hotel rooms for herself and her colleagues had been reserved through Rune 's secretary so he would know they intended to stay until Sunday — four nights . |
| 19 | You certainly had to be tough to live at Tullivers after the Admiral had gone , for Lucy Trigg , in her eighties , could not be bothered to have any domestic help , nor could she be bothered to light fires , to cook meals for herself , nor to clean the house and tend the garden . |
| 20 | Such a decision , if carried through , would have been debilitating for my mother , who would have been made to feel dependent , no longer capable of making decisions for herself , or acting independently . |
| 21 | Grace had been brought up in a very religious household and she maintained strict standards for herself but , she says , ‘ was not allowed to check or discipline John in any way ’ . |
| 22 | Though soon earning more than an apprentice boy of her age , she was unlikely to keep much of her wages for herself in the early years . |
| 23 | For all her professed populism , she was seen as remote from ordinary people , hardly ever catching a train , watching a film , or relaxing in a British holiday resort , turning instinctively to privileged private treatment in educating her children or adopting health-care systems for herself . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , she exaggerated and falsified many experiences , claimed journeys and discoveries by others for herself , lied about her age and concealed her relatives of whom she was ashamed . |
| 25 | He expects Megan to work part-time to pay for groceries and clothes for herself and their three children . |
| 26 | Often she would also spend hours designing and making new clothes for herself and sometimes for Dannii and friends . |
| 27 | He spent most of his time with his godmother , which left Theda free to do some long-neglected tasks for herself , for her meagre wardrobe of old — and some cast-off — clothing required frequent mending , and , there being so little service , she must wash her linen herself . |
| 28 | He wanted to say that she should make sandwiches for herself and go on her own for what Mrs Blakey called a tramp . |