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Mary prided herself on her beauty.
She knew herself that it would be very difficult to carry out the mission.
She lived there by herself.
She looked at herself in the mirror.
She tried it herself.
She killed herself by taking poison.
Tom said that he didn't think that Mary really had to do that by herself.
Mary got out of the swimming pool and dried herself with a towel.
Mary is selling herself short.
She planned to do that by herself.
She couldn't bring herself to scold him.
She's locked herself in his bedroom.
Though she wished to travel abroad by herself, she thought better of it.
Lucy was beside herself with excitement.
Mary looked at herself in the mirror.
Mayuko designed a dress for herself.
Marcy burst into tears on hearing the news, but soon pulled herself together.
Betty cannot keep any secret to herself for a long time.
Betty laid herself on the bed.
Could she make herself understood in French in Paris?
Nancy can't decide anything for herself.
Nancy couldn't move the desk herself.
Nancy didn't mind living abroad by herself.
The mother told her daughter to do it herself.
Mary shut herself up in the room, with all the windows closed.
Her eyes were filled with tears when she pictured the sad scene to herself.
She could not bring herself to jump into the water.
Jane wrote the letter herself.
Jane studied herself in the mirror.
Jane's dream was to find herself a sugar daddy.
It is not safe for a girl to go out by herself so late at night.
Karen went there herself.
My grandmother lives by herself.
She enjoyed herself at the party yesterday.
My sister is always weighing herself.
Movie subtitles
If she turns herself in, after 100 times of flogging, she can regain the hope.
She will walk into here herself. If you just do well.
She'd barricaded herself in, so it was hard work getting to her, but luckily, there was an extinguisher in the corridor, so.
After she barricades herself in, nothing happens for some time.
Well, your date is over there by herself, and you're here by yourself getting, like, plowed.
That's almost as sad as a girl coming to a strange bar by herself.
That giant espresso machine from Italy, Rie put that together herself.
And, whilst dying, manages to upend herself into the chimney?
Perry, you know she's got to do it herself!
Has she not been in touch herself?
Roger has potential, but Ruth herself is an ineffectual nitwit.
Pistachio looks to have made herself quite comfortable.
I saw her skating, down here, by herself.
If I didn't know any better, I would think that Sophie herself killed her mother just to get out of the engagement.
Rie put that together herself.
Why would I be jealous of a girl who tried to kill herself?
I don't know, hurts herself?
Not Maya, the one who tried to kill herself?
She's searching for an answer more deeply within herself than she's ever gone.
She's calling herself Jolene Parker.
For did not, Alviano, as you said, Carlotta also give herself to you?
In vain she was telling herself, that it would be madness.
She can't help herself.
Looks like she defended herself.
She, herself, would admit that her father did not believe her.
Although gravely wounded by the knife that had pierced her, the victim tried to defend herself with a small revolver.
It was in the young woman's left fist. But she herself had brown hair?
Couldn't the nurse take care of herself?
We know that Lydia is a conduit for Peter's intentions, but we don't know if it's Lydia being the medium herself or if it's Peter imposing the powers through her.
Jae Sin keeps on hiding herself.
She will walk into here herself.
THE CHAIR INDUCES A STATE WHERE SHE DECIDES FOR HERSELF WHAT SHE REALLY WANTS TO DO.
You useless piece of crap that calls herself a mother!
Gudule had resigned herself to sell her necklace, when.
This is a plan case of a woman over-working. and half-starving herself for the sake of her family.
The vicar's wife has come to dress the bride herself.
News and current affairs
Doctors are on strike, taxes are on the rise, the parties in government are mauling each other, and Chancellor Angela Merkel herself proclaimed in a prominent speech that the country is in disastrous shape.
Queen Victoria, mostly of German blood, did not regard herself as a monarch of Britons alone, but of Indians, Malays, and many other peoples, too.
Critics argue that Mayawati's promotion of Dalit welfare seems to start with herself.
Nemat Shafik, a deputy governor of the Bank of England, tried to position herself between these opposing positions.
A person may describe him or herself as, for example, a liberal, yet at same time demand that the government continue subsidizing energy, education, or housing.
So do Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, Jose Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy, and, indeed, Merkel herself.
Desi likely suffers from undiagnosed malnutrition herself.
Clinton lends herself graciously to the exercise.
To be seen as a Korean nationalist today, she must distance herself from some of her father's political ties, especially his links with Japan.
Her recent statement that she feels no sympathy for the suffering Greeks, because they should have paid their taxes, has been widely criticized for being not just unfeeling, but hypocritical (as a diplomat she pays no taxes herself).
Nanny stayed in our family forever. She raised my mother's seven children and five grandchildren and reached a great age without asking anything for herself.
Indeed, this vainglorious attempt by Kim Jong-il reminds Koreans of the mother bullfrog in Aesop's Fables who puffed herself out to imitate an ox.
Without political reforms, China's confidence in herself will quickly turn into disillusion, or even delusion.
The previous year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel laid the plant's cornerstone herself, sending a strong signal of her seriousness about Germany's shift to clean, renewable energy.
But the EEAS ended up in a turf war with the European Commission, and outgoing High Representative Catherine Ashton did little to ease the tension, owing to her unwillingness to involve herself in intra-EU disagreements.
For that to happen, Mogherini must assert herself as a leader, backed by Juncker and the new European Council president, Donald Tusk.
Little by little, Guo finds herself taken in by his charm and ability to get things done.
She is tempted by the shortcut Song promises and allows herself to be seduced by him in turn for a large sum of cash and luxury apartment.
Though the American author did not hire British counsel and did not try to defend herself in the UK, she was ordered to pay damages, arousing outrage in the United States.
I wake her up in the morning, assist her in toileting, bathing, and dressing, make us breakfast, and help her feed herself.
I am with her nearly all the time to protect her from injuring herself, because she can neither see nor navigate safely on the street or in our own home.
Because the brain of a person trying to tickle herself anticipates the sensations that will be caused by her fingers - a process performed within the cerebellum - the sensation no longer tickles.
Le Pen might try to paint herself as a modern Charles de Gaulle, leading the resistance against the establishment.
That is not only because she is a poor public speaker, but also because she herself does not seem to know how to resolve the contradictions between national solutions and European constraints.
Her ascent has been marked by a heavy emphasis on symbolism - her rule in Uttar Pradesh has featured the construction of numerous statues of Dalit leaders, notably herself - and a taste for lavish celebrations.
But Kim Kyong-hui may have other plans, such as becoming Kim Jong-il's successor herself.
Why, she asked herself, had her family suffered so much if it was only to prepare the way for this?