Example sentences of "describe herself as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed she once described herself as ‘ the Cabinet rebel ’ . |
| 2 | Dolle described herself as a dancer ( she had worked in Las Vegas ) and a traveller . |
| 3 | Caroline Moore , who described herself as a professor of dance , occupied number 1 . |
| 4 | And a women who described herself as a social worker . |
| 5 | Another woman resolutely described herself as a ‘ shrink wrapper ’ rather than a housewife . |
| 6 | Finally , there was Miss Marita Calagarri , who described herself as an unemployed ship 's cook . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | How could she describe herself as a revolutionary , a serious person , if she were a thief ? |
| 9 | Zoe describes herself as ‘ a chameleon ’ ‘ I do what I like and I have a good time doing it . ’ |
| 10 | Leapor describes herself as the woman 's ‘ Slave ’ in ‘ The Disappointment ’ [ ML , 2 , 81 ] . |
| 11 | Whereas someone more conventional , like Sue Lawley , who describes herself as a ‘ post-feminist woman ’ , is actually much better at drawing out chat show guests . |
| 12 | Angela describes herself as ‘ a mobile Hatch End ’ , but adds that the philosophy has changed radically , with a new emphasis on local , tailor-made training in the UK . |
| 13 | She lives in a new four-storey house on a recently completed private estate , and typifies the perfect housewife of television advertising : her house has fitted carpets throughout , gleaming unmarked white paint , and every modern gadget , and it is impeccably maintained by Elizabeth , who describes herself as a housewife with very high standards . |
| 14 | Elizabeth Jane Lloyd paints flowers — she describes herself as ‘ an ordinary oil painter ’ — and has often shown at Kew Gardens . |
| 15 | He meets a character who describes herself as a ‘ girl-spy ’ . |
| 16 | She cheerfully describes herself as a ‘ big girlie ’ . |
| 17 | For someone who describes herself as a late starter in sailing — she first stepped into a dinghy 15 years ago at the age of 29 — Mary Falk has accumulated a phenomenal amount of experience . |
| 18 | She describes herself as an ‘ old-fashioned ’ teacher in referring to what might be considered rather traditional teaching methods . |
| 19 | One woman , describing herself as a ‘ member of an endangered species — the miner 's wife ’ , movingly portrayed the material and spiritual desolation that pit closures had brought to the South Wales valleys . |
| 20 | Describing herself as the unrepentant collector , Mrs. Vernon Smith showed a variety of garments and artefacts . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | In some ways she was very unsuited to this life — indeed she has described herself as a ‘ misfit ’ in Baldersdale . |
| 23 | Julian , of course , would not have described herself as a prophet , because like all monotheists at this date , she believed that God 's revelation was complete and that the day of prophecy was therefore over . |