Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] herself as " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has valued herself as a beauty , and now that her looks have departed she is left with nothing : |
| 2 | In some ways she was very unsuited to this life — indeed she has described herself as a ‘ misfit ’ in Baldersdale . |
| 3 | The former Soviet international has established herself as the world 's leading female middle distance runner in recent years she won the 1500 metres and 3,000 metres at the inaugural World Championships in Rome in 1987 and finished third and first respectively in the same events at the Seoul Olympics a year later . |
| 4 | With the arrival of a child a woman tends to see herself as parent first and partner second . |
| 5 | Colombia , it is true , still seems to regard herself as an Atlantic nation — her trade goes principally through the Caribbean port of Cartagena rather than through the dire and crime-ridden wharves of the Pacific port of Buenaventura ; but Ecuador ( which has island possessions in the Ocean ) and Peru seem to be becoming further and further entwined in Pacific matters ; and Chile — ah , Chile ! |
| 6 | In a second phase the baby 's unified perceptions are shattered and she begins to understand herself as a subject disturbingly distant from the external world . |