Example sentences of "taught herself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her studies were remarkable ; as a young woman Madame had filled eighteen notebooks with summaries of these women 's careers , reading them very literally as sources of practical advice , in much the same way as she had taught herself to understand stock management and how to do her own accounts . |
| 2 | Bambi , it seemed to me , had taught herself not to care for Sheridan so as not to be hurt by him . |
| 3 | Where Emily had learned to thieve so skilfully I 'll never know — perhaps she 'd taught herself — but it was the niftiest piece of pilfering I 'd ever witnessed . |
| 4 | By the time she was three , Matilda had taught herself to read by studying newspapers and magazines that lay around the house . |
| 5 | But sometimes Creggan and Kraal would ask Minch questions and she would speak of things she knew and wisdom she had taught herself or remembered from her distant past at Callanish . |
| 6 | Liz Matson had been very impressed at how much Laura had taught herself from books ; using cardboard patterns she could manage basic grading . |
| 7 | But Tilda had taught herself to produce , by widening her mouth into the shape of an oblong , a most unpleasant imitation of a bosun 's whistle , which could be heard almost as far as Lord Jim . |
| 8 | It would not square with any value she had taught herself to cherish , for she believed herself above such petty sentiments , and could cope with them now only by turning her dislike upon herself . |
| 9 | But that was before she had taught herself to hate him . |
| 10 | Professional success had knocked some sense into her , and she had taught herself to return hate with hate . |
| 11 | Mrs Smith , who 's Belgian by birth , has taught herself Hungarian so she can work in Hungary to raise money — but ultimately without more funds the cost of helping Ashley stand on his own two feet may prove too high . |