Example sentences of "[verb] herself [adv prt] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Riding on a high she had decided to set herself up as an independent designer . |
| 2 | She said she did n't mind Elizabeth being Queen at all , and had no doubt she was a very good one too , but that it was evil and presumptuous of her — the illegitimate daughter of an excommunicated heretic and a beheaded adulteress — to set herself up as defender of the Faith . |
| 3 | He felt the moistness , felt the narrow aperture , then slowly , her eyes never leaving his , she lowered herself down as if she were impaling herself on his flesh . |
| 4 | Eunice 's false understanding of the situation adds light humour to the first scenes although we realise that Blanche is trying to already make herself out as someone better than everyone else in the play . |
| 5 | All the same , she realised she had to earn a living to support herself and Matt , and hit upon the idea of setting herself up as a hairdresser . |