Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] herself as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He created around himself at Hamilton Terrace a kind of family and it was this aspect of his life that allowed Susan Einzig to conceive of herself as a mother figure . |
| 2 | Did Lucy think of herself as that heterosexually convenient phenomenon , the ‘ non-orgasmic woman ’ ; had sex been awful for her ? |
| 3 | No matter how much of a slavey she might really be , a chambermaid never thinks of herself as a maid . |
| 4 | She thinks of herself as a discursive fabric in which beliefs get lodged and are subsequently removed . |
| 5 | MIND OVER MATTER : A hijra thinks of herself as a woman |
| 6 | If they are still there , she added to herself as a dark afterthought . |
| 7 | ( This , incidentally , was the first time that Boy had heard Madame refer to herself as Mother . ) |
| 8 | She had never thought of herself as an indecisive person , but now she did n't know whether she wanted the time to pass quickly , or whether she wanted to guard jealously the hours left to her of Fen 's company . |
| 9 | Up to that time , I do not believe that she had thought of herself as a candidate for the Leadership . |
| 10 | ‘ She does n't look upon herself as a special person , a fairytale creature in an ivory tower . |
| 11 | She refused to look upon herself as an invalid , but it might be sensible to take a tonic , say , during the coming winter months , and to catch up with the loss of sleep she had so cheerfully endured . |
| 12 | This woman also had a passion to visit Russia , and she seemed to look on herself as a sort of tramp reformer . |
| 13 | It was the first time she had ever referred to herself as Jake 's sister . |
| 14 | She had never even referred to herself as his stepsister before ! |
| 15 | She refers to herself as a ‘ household technician ’ , ’ Laura snorted grimly . |
| 16 | Jay had a horror of moths flying into her face and hair ; she liked to think of herself as someone who cups her hands for moths and spiders and frees them . |
| 17 | ‘ She 's too young to understand , ’ was often the reply , but I did n't want her to think of herself as an object of attention . |
| 18 | She laughs at herself as a girl again . |
| 19 | In the longer term , a woman 's feeling about herself as a mother will affect her moods and how she behaves in that role . |