Example sentences of "be [noun prp] himself " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be sure you are Lucifer himself in the shape of my master or you could not use me thus , and I beg you 'll send me out of my way to my poor parents . |
| 2 | It could have been Darwin himself who introduced Dr Benjamin Bynoe , the Beagle 's surgeon , to Gould . |
| 3 | This is not a very convincing solution , since most readers do n't feel that this a dramatic monologue , and take the ‘ I ’ of the poem to be Wordsworth himself . |
| 4 | In other words he wished to be God himself , and not a creature . |
| 5 | Both Kubla and the Abyssinian maid are human creations so in a sense they are God — but Coleridge 's hubris in wanting to be God himself is doomed to failure . |
| 6 | It had been Lewis himself who a few minutes earlier had taken the call from the Met . |
| 7 | The primitive sound of it stirred something deep inside me as though it were Pan himself , not some Indian labourer , playing those haunting notes on that rude instrument . |
| 8 | The survivors were Nietzsche himself and a younger sister . |
| 9 | Other possible candidates were Kaifu himself , Kiichi Miyazawa , a former Finance Minister and leader of the third-largest faction , and Michio Wanatabe , leader of the faction formerly headed by Nakasone . |
| 10 | If you do , I can assure you we shall be in your debt and we shall play for you as though you were Mahler himself . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Saddest disappointment is Branagh himself ( who ) proves a curiously anodyne screen presence . |
| 12 | But is Duart himself absent ? |
| 13 | ‘ It 's Wilder himself who has got under her skin , ’ Silas commented drily . |
| 14 | Christian is Bunyan himself , leaving his wife and children , as he had done when he went to prison , to undertake the pilgrimage to everlasting life : the imagery is taken not only from the Bible but from the chapbooks and folktales which were sold by travelling hawkers in the Bedfordshire villages at the time . |
| 15 | The most important figure in the latter group is Bunting himself , so little read these days that many readers will need to be told that the title of Davie 's history refers to his masterpiece Briggflatts ( 1966 ) . |
| 16 | The elderly admirer is Nestor himself in a false beard and Irma , who is clearly short sighted as well as dim and really nice , hardly notices the difference . |
| 17 | The only person who knows about the paintings is Durance himself and he will dismiss Barbara 's story as unfounded speculation . ’ |
| 18 | Once again it is Goody himself who points out the counter arguments , although , again , he proceeds to ignore them . |
| 19 | It would appear to be an astonishingly generous offer to the game in this country , given that the only person who stands to lose out of such a venture is Lloyd himself . |
| 20 | For Christians there is only one primordial and basic sacrament , and that is Christ himself . |
| 21 | The only real teacher of Prayer is God Himself . |
| 22 | ( What is there is God himself . |
| 23 | Now the one thing truly blessed is God himself . |
| 24 | Because the object of contemplation is God himself , who opens to us the infinite possibilities of himself and of our own lives . |
| 25 | This time , it is God himself who descends from his empyrea . |
| 26 | Second , it is God himself who not only speaks but also hears that ‘ No ’ in the person of the one man who does not deserve to hear it , the righteous one who stands in the place of the unrighteous . |
| 27 | What is surprising is the disclosure that the source of Balaam 's knowledge is God himself . |
| 28 | 'T IS God Himself who speaks , not I ! |
| 29 | It is Morrissey himself who is being warped , twisted and cheated by the media . |
| 30 | MacGregor , representing Norfolk South , is part of what is known as the East Anglian mafia , whose most influential member is Major himself . |