Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [pn reflx] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was herself the daughter of a rabbi , whose father and grandfather before him had upheld the light of Jewish learning in their part of Poland . |
| 2 | Connections quickly came to the fore in the application , however , for Kinnoull pointed out that the wife of the minister of Tippermuir was a lady ‘ for whom the Dowager Lady Findlater has a particular regard ’ , and she was herself the niece of Sir James Grant 's uncle , Sir William Dunbar . |
| 3 | He was himself the first discoverer of that ‘ morbidity of temperament ’ . |
| 4 | He explained to me that the interview had been cancelled on the order of his superiors — and he was himself the head librarian ! |
| 5 | The awful thing was that all this time Lewis had never had any doubts he was himself the new owner of Wyvis Hall . |