Example sentences of "[prep] herself [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What she is describing are characteristics of herself as a person , qualities of her own individual personality . |
| 2 | Miss Jarman 's rasping voice cut through Jess 's picture of herself as a fairground tumbler and she repeated her story in a flat monotone , conscious of a depressing conviction that the more often she told it , the more tangled she was becoming in this battle that was all about other people 's money and injured pride . |
| 3 | Her mummy had once shown her photographs of herself as a Brownie many years ago , and Angela had laughed at the funny straw hat and long frock she had worn . |
| 4 | Maybe Angy gave her the sketch of herself as a present ? ’ |
| 5 | Up to that time , I do not believe that she had thought of herself as a candidate for the Leadership . |
| 6 | MIND OVER MATTER : A hijra thinks of herself as a woman |
| 7 | He created around himself at Hamilton Terrace a kind of family and it was this aspect of his life that allowed Susan Einzig to conceive of herself as a mother figure . |
| 8 | No matter how much of a slavey she might really be , a chambermaid never thinks of herself as a maid . |
| 9 | She wished she felt as sure of herself as the man so casually lounging opposite her . |
| 10 | Chasseguet-Smirgel ( 1985 ) suggests that a woman 's ego-ideal is constructed first by identification with the mother , and only then by a redefinition of herself as the father 's wife . |
| 11 | ‘ She 's too young to understand , ’ was often the reply , but I did n't want her to think of herself as an object of attention . |
| 12 | Why did n't he just go while she could still maintain some degree of composure , this deliberate distancing of herself from the rapture that had possessed her before the telephone rang ? |
| 13 | Catching sight of herself in a wall mirror , Loretta closed her mouth and waited for Bridget to go on . |
| 14 | So she does believe in this picture of herself in a murder scene . |
| 15 | Molly caught sight of herself in the mirror , standing beside her daughter . |
| 16 | As Blanche snatched up the telephone and listened to the reassuring hum of the dialling tone , she caught sight of herself in the mirror on the wall : the shimmer of sweat on her forehead , eyes wild , face haggard and pale , hair stormy and unkempt , knuckles bruised and sore . |
| 17 | As she dried , she caught sight of herself in the mirror . |
| 18 | As she went out she caught sight of herself in the mirror at the back of the counter . |
| 19 | At the sight of herself in the mirror , an image of herself from so long ago , all the shock came back , taking her by surprise . |
| 20 | Sally-Anne had already checked that this was the only one of herself in the pile . |
| 21 | She longed to cry , to dissolve the hard knot of tears that was inside her but pride would not allow her to make a show of herself in the street . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , but under protest , ’ Theda said , a fleeting vision of herself in the peach gown passing through her mind , together with a swift question as to how Benedict would think she looked in it . |
| 23 | As she turned away , she caught a glimpse of herself in the bedroom mirror , and paused to take a longer , critical look . |
| 24 | We leave the second part to the sorceress who 's the really strong character in the whole play to spoil this love match and she sends the spirit of herself in the form of the God Mercury to deceive Anaeas into saying he 's got to go away , so he goes and tells Dido he must leave and of course Dido 's heartbroken and she commits suicide and of course this is celebrated with the famous lament at the end of the opera . |
| 25 | Although her breathing became a little faster as she imagined this part of the scene , she did not become noticeably distressed in any way ; in fact she told me that she felt really pleased with herself for the way in which she had handled the situation . |
| 26 | She had debated long and hard with herself over the course she should take , and reaching the decision she had had n't been easy . |
| 27 | ‘ I was thinking if we could stop his cows from getting out of a field or save his hayricks when they were on fire , ’ said Heather , who loved reading stories and was always having make-believe adventures , with herself as the heroine . |
| 28 | Riborg showed her a photograph album , with herself by a fjord in a miniscule bikini . |
| 29 | HIGHBROOK , a horse tipped to make a name for herself at the winter game , catches the eye tomorrow as Flat racing grabs the attention for the last time this year . |
| 30 | Quite apart from all the pictures in the papers , she had seen it for herself at the presentation . |