Example sentences of "that he was [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 Although Paisley drove Doherty to his first meeting with Murdoch and Marshall , there is no evidence that he was himself involved in the discussions .
2 Louis-Napoleon made it plain that he was himself sure that the main result of the establishment of universal suffrage would be his own success .
3 Forcing a litigant to settle with a judge who had usurped jurisdiction , in order to avoid still higher costs in a superior court , was not likely to have enhanced the popularity of the regality court of Glasgow , and , quite apart from the fact that he was himself injured by Sproull 's actions , Montrose had little choice but to remove the bailie-depute at the first opportunity .
4 The difficulty in determining the motive for Baldwin 's decision is that he was himself as contradictory about this as lie was clear about where and how he took it .
5 I 'm not certain why I should remember this unless it was perhaps my first , unacknowledged , awareness that he was himself and not another ; and that that self was , in a dignified , quiet way , reaching out to me .
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