31.   But he finds in Max a compatriot, some young version of his former self.

32.   But oh, what a former self it was.

33.   But it is now a shadow of its former self, having failed to adapt to the era of deregulation.

34.   By the end of the film, he is a frightened, ravaged shell of his former self, living in a squalid shack with a harridan.

35.   Costner is Simmons, a Vietnam vet who returns to his sleepy Georgia hometown a shell of his former self.

36.   Eighty pounds gone, eyes leadened and skin charcoaled, he looked like a shrunken voodoo doll of his former self.

37.   During the six games without a victory, their longest drought in three years, the Yankees had withered from postseason favorites to doubting shadows of their former selves.

38.   Even the few living factories are shadows of their former selves.

39.   Even though he was just a shell of his former self, Jordan managed several highlights this season.

40.   Even though Hoffritz is now a snip of its former self, with much lower costs, many suppliers have been returning only if they get paid up front.