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She manoeuvred to get herself declared Regent for her unborn child in the event of Nicholas's death, but the government disagreed and determined Michael would succeed regardless of the unborn child's gender.
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She and manoeuvred
She manoeuvred to have the Norwegian Council recognize him as heir to the throne of Norway, in spite of his not being first in the line of succession, and he was installed as king of Norway in 1389, still with Margaret as his guardian.
She rescued hundreds of people from the dock, manoeuvred out of port to safety, then provided aid to the population.
She and get
She lay there, making no effort to get back on her feet.
She showed her surprise by tightening the reins and moving the gelding around so that she could get a better look at his face.
She had to get away from here before this demoniac possession swallowed up the liquid of her eyes and sank into the fibers of her brain, depriving her of reason and sight.
She read everything else she could get her hands on, including an article ( she thinks it was in the Atlantic Monthly ) by Mark Twain on `` White Slavery ''.
She had, with her own work-weary hands, put seeds in the ground, watched them sprout, bud, blossom, and get ready to bear.
She would sometimes even get a little hard on you, she took you so seriously.
She lied in order to get it.
She gave a little pout and said, `` I don't get off work until eleven o'clock.
She went in to get the hamburgers, and I switched on the device again and kept the signal from Dowling's car coming in steady and clear until I saw her starting back with the hamburgers.
She wouldn't be going to get that for an hour or so after Katya had left, go do the daily shopping.
She wanted him to get into trouble.
She was in good health and spirits, but still determined to get the money from Forbes.
She had held to the letter of her contract and didn't come onto the stage until well after 4 p.m., the appointed hour, although the Music at Newport people had tried to get the program underway at 3.
She had changed into a cocktail dress, and the whole evening should have been before her, but already she was beginning to get a tight feeling at the back of her neck.
She looked well-fed and prosperous, but he didn't get the impression he was being propositioned the way he'd been hoping.
She was quiet and hard working, and determined to stay and get the education she needed to support herself.
She testified that after leaving the EEOC, she had had two " inconsequential " phone conversations with Thomas, and had seen him personally on two occasions ; once to get a job reference and the second time when he made a public appearance in Oklahoma where she was teaching.
( She was engaged to Mu Bai's brother, so they feel it would not be honorable to get married.
She turned it to Matthew 9: 2, which tells the story of Jesus healing a man who was sick with palsy, and after pondering the meaning of the passage, found herself suddenly well and able to get up.
She helped Raymond of Capua write his biography of her daughter, and said, " I think God has laid my soul athwart in my body, so it can't get out.
She tells her servant Ninshubur ( Lady Evening ), a reference to Inanna's role as the evening star, that if she does not return in three days, to get help from her father Anu, Enlil, king of the gods, or Enki.
She tries to escape the cabin, only to get killed by the woods themselves ( in a similar fashion Cheryl got raped in the first film ).
She had to hurdle a barbecue pit to touch Lady Bird Johnson, she accidentally knocked Pat Nixon down, and Nancy Reagan told her to get out of her face or she'd have her arrested.
She is depicted as a wife who knows how to get her own way even though her husband thinks he is in charge.
" She gives the example of Hamlet's advice to Ophelia, " get thee to a nunnery ", which is simultaneously a reference to a place of chastity and a slang term for a brothel, reflecting Hamlet's confused feelings about female sexuality.
She and herself
She was telling herself that this might just be her reward at the end of a long meaningful search for truth.
Steinhager '' She whispered Steinhager to herself, several times, memorizing it.
She softly let herself into the bed, and took her regular side, away from the door, where she slept better because Keith was between her and the invader.
She was exposing herself to temptation which it is best to avoid where it can consistently be done.
She ended her letter with the assurance that she considered his friendship for her daughter and herself to be an honor, from which she could not part `` without still more pain ''.
She was occupying herself in an attempt to write an article about the variety of houses that they had rented abroad.
She seemed to speak to herself.
She lost not a second, picking herself up and continuing her pilgrimage to Laura.
She disciplined herself daily to do what must be done.
She had even steeled herself to keep Juanita upstairs in the nurse's room off the empty nursery, although the girl tried to insist on moving back to the quarters to spare Kate remembrance of the baby's death.
She took a good look at herself in the mirror before she turned and, walking with very small steps, started toward the door.
She described herself and her circumstances unhesitatingly.
She walked back to the house and entered, feeling herself returning, sensing some kind of opportunity in the empty building.
She knew she was feeling afraid and inwardly laughed at herself.
She had done all the things she had promised herself she would do, but she had not thought of this.
She held herself that way and turned her head towards them and laughed and winked.
She described herself as having the same kind of `` irresponsible '' feeling as she had once experienced under hypnosis.
She then described her experience as one in which she first had difficulty accepting for herself a state of being in which she relinquished control.
She gave herself a title, Lady Diana Harrington.
She paused at the kitchen door, caught her breath, told herself firmly that the opium was only an attempt to frighten her and went into the kitchen, where Glendora was eyeing the chickens dismally and Maude was cleaning lamp chimneys.
She has to have at least one car herself.
She gave herself fancy airs!!
She found herself wishing an old wish, that she had told Doaty she was running away, that she had left something more behind her than the loving, sorry note and her best garnet pin.
She felt mindless, walking, and almost easy until the church spire told her she was near the cemetery, and she caught herself wondering what she would say to Doaty.
She told herself rebelliously, and with pride, I am an American!!
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