Example sentences of "and [was/were] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he and his three uninjured crew scrambled on to life-rafts — and were themselves rescued by helicopter . |
| 2 | Constance frequently reiterated that she would never buy anything that had belonged to somebody else , that meant something to them , that had been warm against their skin or over the fireplace : only brand-new articles , the stuff of commerce in transit between factory and store , the owners of which already had more money than was good for them and were themselves no better than they should be . |
| 3 | The protests were accompanied by at least eight cases of self-immolation , several of which resulted in deaths and were themselves the focus of further protests . |
| 4 | He came from a long-lived line and was himself in rude health . |
| 5 | I could conclude only that he was finding the job too big for him , and was himself under stress , which he relieved by persecuting a subordinate who was particularly vulnerable . |
| 6 | He also brought Greek artists to Rome , and was himself portrayed dressed as a Greek in cloak and sandals in a statue dedicated on the Capitol , where paintings of his campaigns were displayed . |
| 7 | The offence was compounded when one Anthony Hurke released the animal from where it had been impounded and turned it back to the Down and was himself fined . |
| 8 | Of his brothers the eldest , Lord Herbert of Cherbury , served as Ambassador to France and was himself a poet . |
| 9 | Eliot certainly appreciated Hayward 's caustic wit and was himself , according to Hayward , " … a connoisseur of the ridiculous , an ironical commentator on human folly , a lover of allusive quotation ( particularly from the dicta of Sherlock Holmes and other eminent detectives ) , and a passionate observer of what may be called the Bouvard et Pécuchet way of life " . |
| 10 | As a result of this he was labelled as a diehard and a bigot , when he actually distrusted the diehards and was himself distrusted by the bigots . |
| 11 | Grundy , a commentator known for his bilious disposition , had that afternoon returned from a lunch at Punch magazine and was himself feeling no pain . |
| 12 | Robinson established a close relationship with Monck and was himself returned to the Convention Parliament for London . |
| 13 | In 1801 he took as a partner Anthony Newman , and was himself replaced by John Darling in 1809 . |
| 14 | The plan had been for his son ( Frederick William ) Robin ( born 1936 ) , who succeeded as third earl and was himself the author of an excellent life of William Wilberforce [ q.v. ] , to complete it . |
| 15 | And having found a vantage-point where he had a clear view of the meadows and was himself sheltered , he halted his pony and stood to watch , narrowing his eyes to single out coat-armour , and number the forces in the English party . |
| 16 | If Shakespeare showed little inclination to control the condition of his plays ' textual printing , he was both a part owner of the company which produced them and was himself a director of that company . |
| 17 | In a bizarre incident on April 29 , Nodar Imiadze , the Vice-President of the Adzhar autonomous republic ( ASSR ) in south-west Georgia , attempted to assassinate the acting President , Aslan Abashidze , and was himself shot dead by security guards . |
| 18 | Titmuss was funded by the Eugenics Society as Secretary of the Population Investigation Committee and was himself a leading member of the society . |
| 19 | During this period of time he made the mistake of threatening the archdeacon , Cautinus , who fled to the court of king Theudebald , announced the death of Gallus , and was himself consecrated bishop on the king 's orders . |
| 20 | He left his place and came round the high table to kiss Philip 's hand , and was himself embraced and kissed . |
| 21 | The disturbances on the borders of Brecon , whether officially encouraged or not , had grown to such proportions that the King had despatched his brother the Earl of Cornwall to the march in haste to try and suppress them , and was himself in the act of setting out from Windsor to join him there . |
| 22 | The Glossopteris flora was only one of several widespread late Palaeozoic floras and was itself limited to the then Gondwana region . |
| 23 | Leave to apply for judicial review was sought on the ground that this statement was not a sufficient reason , as required by the regulations , and was itself irrational . |
| 24 | During the first three millennia BC , two of the main concentrations of political power of the day , the Assyrian empire and Babylonia , lived in a state of near-permanent warfare , first with one another and then with the Persian kingdom of Elam , which at different times captured both Babylon and Ur and was itself in about 1100 BC laid waste by the Assyrians . |
| 25 | However , in the medieval period theology was " queen of the sciences " , a discipline which subsumed all other branches of knowledge and social activity and was itself luminously informed by them . |
| 26 | But this was not the case : unemployment was already higher than its average post-war value and was itself rising . |
| 27 | Seven months later , daughter Doris was born and was herself to experience widowhood at a young age , followed by a second marriage . |