Example sentences of "she [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 | She regarded herself as ‘ a woman , unlettered , feeble and frail ’ yet comes across with sanity , strength and tenderness . |
| 3 | She regarded herself as a Catalan first and last . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She saw herself as an unlikeable person . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Growing up in Hawaii , she saw herself as a ‘ gawky , flat-chested string bean with a frizzy mass of hair ’ . |
| 10 | She saw herself as such a jolly little girl . |
| 11 | Was this just because she saw herself as a Frieda Lawrence figure , or was there some firmer basis for it ? |
| 12 | She introduced herself as Mrs Stanfield and appeared genuine . |
| 13 | I went round the tables that night as usual , making everybody feel welcome , and she introduced herself as Clare 's sister . |
| 14 | She presented herself as a mass of curly hair , decorated with huge teeth and knobbly knees . |
| 15 | While she presented herself as a target , the second galley had rowed against the wind north . |
| 16 | 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 . |