Example sentences of "[verb] to be [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just because we appear to be gorging ourselves on war coverage does n't mean to say that we swallow it whole . |
| 2 | " I do n't mind investigating poisonings on the farms but I object to being poisoned myself in my own home ! " |
| 3 | The doctors seemed to be availing themselves of my immobility . |
| 4 | Only now his charges seemed to be settling themselves into occupation , having forgotten the urgent purpose of their return to London . |
| 5 | It was also , in his view , unpardonable on grounds of principle , since by the autumn of 1940 Vichy seemed to be aligning itself with the foreign policy of the Nazi regime and aspects of its political ideology . |
| 6 | You seem to be financing yourself by borrowing against your leases — leveraging in an expanding property market while interest rates are low . ’ |
| 7 | Ministers are known to be bracing themselves for a series of defeats . |
| 8 | Ryzhkov made no mention of a referendum in his address on May 24 , however , and subsequently officials appeared to be distancing themselves from the idea . |