Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was very sensible , Dougal thought , if you were afraid of being implicated yourself . |
| 2 | " I do n't mind investigating poisonings on the farms but I object to being poisoned myself in my own home ! " |
| 3 | I detest being rescued myself , unless I have specifically requested it . ’ |
| 4 | Angry Jemson suffered the embarrassment of coming on as substitute and then being substituted himself at Carrow Road . |
| 5 | Because if we do n't we then run the risk of being injured ourselves erm somebody alleging that they did n't realise they were police officers and therefore shot at us because they thought we were invading their territory or something . |
| 6 | But from the viewpoint of any property-owner , an unpunished theft is a danger , increasing the chances of being robbed himself . |
| 7 | He sounds like he 's still going through a learning process , coming to terms with the fear of losing friends , and at the same time is worried that he 's being misunderstood himself . |
| 8 | For some younger visitors , it was all a little above their heads … they were even wary of the Right Honourable Michael Heseltine … but even for older patrons , like the eminent historian Sir Ernst Gombrich , cartoons are often a very serious business , especially when it comes to being featured yourself . |
| 9 | He also campaigned against pollution but suffered the irony of being prosecuted himself for pollution in 1857 , which caused him to move his works to Miles Platting . |
| 10 | In some languages one item in a phrase governs other items without being affected itself ( government ) , while in others two or more words must be inflected systematically in the same way ( concord ) . |
| 11 | Well , one thing I think with our attack at present , they 're attacking erm selected targets and that , and the Iraqi people are not suffering from that , so they are able to keep going , they 're not being damaged themselves . |
| 12 | We decided to draw our internal auditors from operational staff across the board so that over a few years everyone would have the opportunity to be an auditor as well as being audited themselves . |
| 13 | And , if the truth be known , we were afraid of being judged ourselves . |
| 14 | As the first law of kung fu is defend , then attack , the student who has gained knowledge of the basic strikes , has next to be trained in parries and blocking manoeuvres to enable him effectively to stop a punch without being hit himself . |
| 15 | India , despite being thrashed themselves in South Africa immediately before this series , have looked sharper and better equipped in every department . |
| 16 | So he had probably left exactly when he meant to leave , intending to attack Terry Place but being killed himself . |
| 17 | He is so afraid of being controlled himself ( being done to as he himself does ) that he continues to control others to avoid becoming a victim himself and so having to face humiliation . |