Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] herself as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relieved of her professional role , she manifested herself as an attractive well-dressed young woman answering to the name of Suzanne . |
| 2 | Caroline Moore , who described herself as a professor of dance , occupied number 1 . |
| 3 | And a women who described herself as a social worker . |
| 4 | Finally , there was Miss Marita Calagarri , who described herself as an unemployed ship 's cook . |
| 5 | She regarded herself as ‘ a woman , unlettered , feeble and frail ’ yet comes across with sanity , strength and tenderness . |
| 6 | She regarded herself as a Catalan first and last . |
| 7 | She narrowed her eyes to catch the first mosquito smudge of distant cormorants — give them till daylight , she told herself as if you can command their flight ! |
| 8 | Sometimes people addressed letters mistakenly to Lady Muriel Selvedge , and on these occasions she imagined herself as the daughter of an earl , a marquess , or even a duke , comfortably unmarried . |
| 9 | She braced herself as if she were going into battle , blurting the truth out as she clasped her hands together until the knuckles stood out like bleached bones . |
| 10 | Back in 1988 though , none of the above was known to this actress , who fancied herself as a serious artist who 'd been through the portals of the National and the RSC , albeit coming quickly out the other side , and whose biggest ambition was a ) to perfect a stage yawn , b ) to trim her inner thighs , and c ) to fry a perfect fishball . |
| 11 | She saw herself as an unlikeable person . |
| 12 | In imagination she saw herself as a devotee of Bacchus , in the golden world of the Greeks , as these extracts from her poem ‘ The Lost Bacchante ’ reveal . |
| 13 | Growing up in Hawaii , she saw herself as a ‘ gawky , flat-chested string bean with a frizzy mass of hair ’ . |
| 14 | She saw herself as such a jolly little girl . |
| 15 | Was this just because she saw herself as a Frieda Lawrence figure , or was there some firmer basis for it ? |
| 16 | I wanted to pick someone who saw herself as part of the community and yet stood up for her rights . |
| 17 | ‘ Strictly for the servants — and Japanese of course , ’ added a lady who introduced herself as Mrs Fawcett , and asked anxiously , ‘ Do you play bridge , Doctor ? ’ |
| 18 | He sat down beside the uniformed girl who introduced herself as Elsa from Hamburg . |
| 19 | She introduced herself as Mrs Stanfield and appeared genuine . |
| 20 | I went round the tables that night as usual , making everybody feel welcome , and she introduced herself as Clare 's sister . |
| 21 | She presented herself as a mass of curly hair , decorated with huge teeth and knobbly knees . |
| 22 | While she presented herself as a target , the second galley had rowed against the wind north . |
| 23 | He shuddered , and groaned aloud , and the sperm hit her dress , on her stomach near her navel ; it soaked through the cotton like the spreading warmth of pee , reminding her of when she wet herself as a child , and gave off a quick raw smell . |
| 24 | Okay so now suppose you have Florence as the first noun in T three and herself no do it the other way round , suppose you had herself as the first noun and T three Florence okay then you 'd find Florence does C command herself but it should n't |
| 25 | The woman before her introduced herself as Antonietta Calvino . |