Example sentences of "was [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm was n't trying a bit of Strach Bashing earlier just its frustrating to see not be as good as he once was … though I still reckon last year he was watchinghimself to make sure he did not got injured . |
| 2 | Leslie was himself a painter , and thus comments in his own right on his friend 's art , as here on a painting of Hampstead Heath : |
| 3 | The biographer of T. S. Eliot , who was himself to speak of the ‘ dark ’ experience , of the ‘ rude unknown psychic material ’ , incorporated in his poem The Waste Land , can be seen in Hawksmoor to contribute to the tradition of romantic fabulation which began with the Gothic novel — a tradition in which darkness is privileged , in which a paranoid distrust is evident , in which can be read the evergreen message that the deprived may turn out to be depraved , and in which there can be two of someone . |
| 4 | He was himself a greatly talented teacher , a master of clear explanation and a fine blackboard artist . |
| 5 | In February last year , the then president , Eric Arturo Delvalle , backed by the United States , tried to fire General Noriega as chief of the Panamanian Defence Force , but was himself swiftly replaced by another Noriega puppet . |
| 6 | Also to be released is Wilton Mkwayi , who took over the overall command of the ANC 's military wing , Umkhonto we Sizwe , after the others were jailed but was himself arrested and jailed for life in 1965 . |
| 7 | ‘ For those who think that this is window dressing , I pause to remind you that not so long ago the Lord Chancellor was himself the subject of judicial review proceedings , ’ he added . |
| 8 | Mr Healey had said he was himself knackered that morning , having returned the previous day , very late , from a seminar in Florence , and taken a dose of the cough mixture Benylin to get to sleep , which he found worked better than Mogadon . |
| 9 | It so happened that the UN Secretary-General , Perez de Cuellar , was himself a Peruvian . |
| 10 | One is not prepared , however , for the discovery that Milner , so realist and clear-sighted about South Africa , was himself at the very same time an illusionist on a world scale . |
| 11 | Richard Assheton may have employed the best church architects of his day because he was himself an amateur architect ( he designed a church at Flecknoe , near Daventry , south of Rugby ) and hence may have appreciated the difficulties of architectural design and the ability of talented practitioners to resolve them happily . |
| 12 | He was himself later to acknowledge the inadequacy of a production policy that drew so heavily on stage plays , particularly at a period before the arrival of sound when it was impossible , for example , to do more than allude to the savagery of Noël Coward 's attack on his social set in The Vortex ( 1927 ) . |
| 13 | He was himself the first discoverer of that ‘ morbidity of temperament ’ . |
| 14 | Gwili tried to interpret for him the power of Welsh literature and especially the ‘ renaissance ’ of modern Welsh poetry of which he was himself a part , but Edward had only a smattering of Welsh and , judging from rough translations of folksongs and simple lyrics , he was disinclined to carry his studies further . |
| 15 | Seth was himself a charming drug-addicted , dope-dealing , pimping , strip-show barker who found what looked like salvation and wrote the novel that won him acclaim and rebirth . |
| 16 | He was the kindest , most generous of men , and spread great happiness ( Jane had only to think of him to cheer herself up ) — but was himself a tragic figure , tied to a wife he did not love . |
| 17 | The Rev. John Warton , who was himself chairman of a small savings bank , recounts one of his parochial visits : |
| 18 | Although Paisley drove Doherty to his first meeting with Murdoch and Marshall , there is no evidence that he was himself involved in the discussions . |
| 19 | He was himself and he was alone . |
| 20 | The lure of live music-making is , of course , irresistible : the sense of occasion , of which Karajan was himself a great provider , the throng of music-madded fans and aficionados , not to mention that bear-baiting element Glenn Gould was always so amusing about , as soloists are led out and put to their instruments before the attentive crowd . |
| 21 | The producer , who was himself about to take the reins of the tour as it moved on to the regions of Britain as the Coca Cola Hit Man roadshow with Sinitta , Sonia and others from his stable below Kylie on the bill , said plans to take her to a major stadia like Wembley had been quickly dismissed . |
| 22 | John Kendall would lead Doone to the quarry , who was himself . |
| 23 | R. J. Campbell was himself a highly successful , because dramatic and controversial , preacher who eventually left Congregationalism for the Church of England . |
| 24 | It is ironic that the man who did so much to revive Gothic design , Thomas Rickman , was himself a Quaker . |
| 25 | He came from a long-lived line and was himself in rude health . |
| 26 | The crimes only came to light in 1990 when one of Oldfield 's victims , then an adult , was himself charged with indecency to children . |
| 27 | William Beveridge , the author of the famous report on National Insurance , was himself a Liberal , not a Socialist , and his ideas were widely taken up in the Tory Party . |
| 28 | Mr Waite , formerly the Archbishop of Canterbury 's envoy , had been trying to secure the release of Western hostages when he was himself captured because he was suspected of spying for the Americans . |
| 29 | In 1330 , however , Edward III successfully rid himself of that control and Mortimer was himself executed . |
| 30 | 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 . |