Example sentences of "was [adv] [noun] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was very self-conscious imitation , as is proved by the peculiarities of some epigrams which celebrate the family 's achievements : a surviving pair commemorates the Persian victories in the strange order Salamis-Marathon ; it was perhaps Kimon himself who thus sought to remain Athenians , in verse , of his father 's great battle , just as painters were to remind them of it by their Marathon in the Painted Stoa built in the middle of the fifth century : Oinoe , a deme close to Marathon , was the title of one of the subsidiary hoplite engagements depicted . |
| 2 | And I was just squeezin maself into a five and a half when Moira McVitie round the crescent in the cul de sac comes by and shouts out ‘ Hiya there Verena is that you trying on some fuck-me shoes for yer man gettin back . ’ |
| 3 | " Was not Schwarzenberg himself [ the Austrian first minister who died in 1852 ] alleged to have declared that Austria would one day astound the world by the greatness of her ingratitude ? " |
| 4 | There was also Wartberg himself : he set the pattern for all my future employers . |
| 5 | That , indeed , was how Reagan himself seemed to see it . |
| 6 | Mindful of Ace 's warning , she kept her cool , but it was n't easy , and the final straw was when Jason himself turned up as chief fuel technician . |
| 7 | From now on , when Cissie was taking her bath , that door would be locked , just as it was when Beth herself was bathing . |