Example sentences of "as she [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she herself has said , ‘ One always needs to govern more in the centre than one wants . |
| 2 | It was possible to think , as she herself points out , that she had merely tripped over a plug or something ; in fact Ann has an artificial leg . |
| 3 | But whereas Elinor 's hair fell , as she herself put it , ‘ like a great , calm waterfall ’ , Maisie 's hair just hung , like old socks on a washing line . |
| 4 | Several of the passers-by turned to look at her , for although she was — as she herself would have expressed it — ‘ no Helen of Troy ’ when it came to looks , there was some thing very engaging about Breeze . |
| 5 | Ashi had no doubt the woman would have been as rapt at his polite charm and elegance as she herself had once been . |
| 6 | The mother was unaware of how much time and attention a young child required as she herself had a very deprived childhood in the West Indies where her role was as a maid to help her mother bring up her brothers and sisters . |
| 7 | Other women would doubtless be wearing such dresses , but none , Jane thought , would dare to wear one without any petticoat as she herself intended . |
| 8 | Lucille noted how the girl refused all partners but that one man and she felt a surge of sympathy because she knew the girl must be in love , just as she herself was in love . |
| 9 | Florrie was affectionately known as ‘ Hairpin' Axford through her use of a large hairpin which she had removed from her hair on more than one occasion to ‘ make a point ’ , as she herself described it . |
| 10 | Respect for the dignity and freedom of the child consists in the recognition that the burden of responsibility shifts from the adult to the child as she herself demands it . |
| 11 | As she herself comments , the theme of liberation is not marginal to the scriptures . |
| 12 | Anna had me educated at home as she herself had been and Constanza . |
| 13 | But , as she herself points out , the particular activities for which the Shropshire group were prosecuted exist on a continuum with a large number of more common acts , many of which must have been criminalised by the Rant decision ; if the breaking of skin suffices for a conviction of assault , even moderately rough sex becomes problematic . |
| 14 | Towards the end of the twentieth century , Laura believed that the pendulum had swung too far and that women were far more likely to achieve their ends if they showed more feminine charm , prettiness and selflessness , as she herself practised . |
| 15 | The big thing about Butch is that she is n't just a dumb blonde , as she herself stressed . |
| 16 | It had all happened so long ago , and she had found a successful career for herself in radio anyway , despite Luke 's having caused her to be dismissed from that first job back in South Africa and the subsequent need to abandon her Communications course , and as he himself had pointed out — oh , as she herself had always known deep down , hence her long-ago guilt — she had chosen to leave Johannesburg when her father was dying . |
| 17 | As she herself says : ‘ Teaching is such an obvious choice if you want to be at home most ofthe time your children are ’ . |
| 18 | Marc had finished his rearrangement of the videos and moved across the room just as she herself moved forward . |
| 19 | She will make a sponsored jump at Thruxton Airfield , near Andover on 10th March 1985 , and the money raised will be divided equally between the Medau Society and Dr. Barnados — which is Ann 's favourite charity as she herself was a ‘ BArnardo 's Kid ’ . |