Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] herself as " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Dorothea suddenly saw herself as an old woman badgering a friend into giving up her time and company , and , self-sufficient as she had always been , the picture repelled her . |
| 2 | Finn married a witch called Saar , who usually manifested herself as a deer . |
| 3 | Indeed she once described herself as ‘ the Cabinet rebel ’ . |
| 4 | Mary herself , in captivity in England but forever smuggling out letters and appeals , dealt slyly in shrouded half-promises and suggestions , but made one thing quite clear : she still regarded herself as rightful Queen of Scots and , even towards the end , offered no more than a grudging suggestion of James being ‘ associated ’ with her in ruling the country . |
| 5 | In Cambridge she quickly established herself as a cult figure of mysterious portent : she claimed to be in love with her brother , whom nobody had ever seen , and went in for gnomic utterances and baroque clutter . |
| 6 | Lisa still saw herself as a ‘ smoker ’ who was struggling to give up , rather than as a ‘ non-smoker ’ ( who might occasionally have a cigarette ) . |
| 7 | Violette , dark-haired , vivacious , instantly installed herself as Katherine 's loquacious elder sister . |
| 8 | Another woman resolutely described herself as a ‘ shrink wrapper ’ rather than a housewife . |