Example sentences of "felt herself to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt herself to be reasonably proficient in Italian and she had begun , rather to the disapproval of her employers , to learn a few words of the Neapolitan dialect . |
| 2 | She felt herself to be still very slightly dazed , disorientated enough to give the impression that she was a disinterested observer of the scene and not quite able to realise that these things were in fact happening to her . |
| 3 | Clara felt herself to be extremely fortunate in her membership of this group , and the insecurity of Janice 's position in it fortified her , for she knew herself to be more secure , less irritating , less tactless in every way than Janice . |
| 4 | She felt herself to be of right there , to have a place upon its departure platforms , and the London train drew in for her with a particular significance . |
| 5 | Clara , as she ran for the Métro , was full of the greatest joy of her life , for she felt herself to be , at last , living ; the thick complexity of what had happened satisfied something in her that had never before had satisfaction . |
| 6 | For example Marie , a student at B who , in the first few weeks of term , felt herself to be getting behind with work , was concerned about the lack of help provided by the department : |
| 7 | Cradling the worn , sad woman , Melanie felt herself to be very strong , young and vital and tough . |
| 8 | She now felt herself to be like the squirrel , staring with bright inimical eyes at a sad domestic beast . |
| 9 | Violet Markham , for example , recalled in her autobiography that her antagonism to the vote was closely associated with her imperialism , even though as a Liberal she often felt herself to be siding with a ‘ hotbed of reactionaries ’ . |
| 10 | Although it was their wood , a place where they often came , Libby felt herself to be an intruder , she did not want to disturb the figure by the water , who was now breaking pieces of stick and dropping them at his feet . |
| 11 | Lucy now felt herself to be a hypocrite . |