Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] herself as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | TONI Halliday sees herself as a hard NorthEast woman . |
| 2 | Radclyffe Hall described herself as a ‘ congenital invert ’ , called herself ‘ John ’ , the name Radclyffe Hall being reserved for her publications , and was strikingly masculine in appearance . |
| 3 | The author disguised herself as an eighty-year old and reports considerable discrimination in shops and on public transport which disappeared when she returned to the same situations in her normal persona . |
| 4 | Doctor Maingay regarded herself as a resource for others . |
| 5 | It must be sensible to delay breeding until the mare has had a chance to prove herself as a sound , willing ride . |
| 6 | She describes the circumstances in which she chose to focus on these tales : ‘ hearing a black woman describe herself as a daughter of Hagar outside the covenant ; … reading news reports of the dismembered body of a woman found in a trash can ’ . |
| 7 | Orlan , 45 , is currently showing a video of her last operation as she tours Australia to display herself as a living work of art . |
| 8 | I think this Samantha fancies herself as a bit of a girl , know what I mean ? ’ |
| 9 | Dolle described herself as a dancer ( she had worked in Las Vegas ) and a traveller . |
| 10 | With a delicate sniff in the direction of a slightly cowed Hester Davis , Mrs Stych enrolled herself as a sleuth in search of an author . |