Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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1 | Even those who have never been attacked themselves are scared to leave their homes , scared to walk down the street , scared , sometimes , even in their own homes . |
2 | Research by Michael Boulton and Peter Smith ( 1990 ) from Sheffield University showed that in the average middle school playground nearly half the children either pick on their classmates or are bullied themselves . |
3 | As soon as a character is within reach , or if they are attacked themselves , the Daemonettes attack and the illusion of their appearance is immediately dispelled . |
4 | Too young to have been inoculated themselves , the babies had caught the disease from their older brothers and sisters who could have been inoculated but had not been . |
5 | ‘ You 're linked yourself , ’ she said aloud , almost spitting it . |
6 | The author of the Life of Wilfrid , who represents Wilfrid as persuading the king and queen to accept the word of God and as preaching to a people who had never before heard the Gospel , undoubtedly exaggerates the paganism of the southern Saxons , for Bede reveals from non-Wilfridian sources , first , that Aethelwealh had married a Christian princess and had been baptized himself and , second , that a number of ealdormen and thegns had likewise received baptism , with the priests , Eappa , Padda , Burghelm and Aeddi ministering to the common people either at the time of Aethelwealh 's conversion or subsequently ( HE IV , 13 ) . |
7 | Parents who abuse their children have often been abused themselves , Dr Hans Steiner , consultant paediatrician and senior lecturer in child health at Newcastle University , told the congress . |
8 | They felt they had been abused themselves ; they felt impotent against the power weighed against them ; they felt they had no way to fight back . |
9 | The man had a tough upbringing and , she believes , had almost certainly been abused himself . |
10 | Callaghan had damaged another and been damaged himself . |
11 | It 's always difficult to be aware of other people 's pain when we are hurt ourselves . |
12 | His mother was entirely hoodwinked and , indeed , had she not known otherwise she would have been hoodwinked herself , Ashley thought despairingly . |
13 | For this in Edinburgh there is a sort of a forum where er organizations are set themselves round the table and say this is what , the sort of idea that we 're gon na do for the next year and a half |
14 | You did n't need grace to be forgiven yourself . |
15 | ‘ Why , treat others the way you would like to be treated yourself . ’ |
16 | Henri frowned worriedly ; Mait was the only one who knew exactly how their plans could be completed , and Henri was n't about to let his guide to power be zombified himself . |
17 | Thus , while the Allies thought they were embarking on an outflanking movement , they were in fact about to be attacked themselves . |
18 | Furthermore , it can be used to decompose overall proportions , as shown in the previous section , and it can be decomposed itself when other variables are brought into the picture . |
19 | Although she could n't be seen herself , neither could she see the shed or , more importantly , the exact location of the sniper . |
20 | Sanding can be done yourself as long as you wear a medical mask ( from chemists or drug stores ) and are prepared for a lot of noise . |
21 | Jacob learns what it feels like to be cheated himself , even on a wedding night for which he has waited seven years ! |
22 | After breaking into two local homes and hi-jacking the occupants ' cars the IRA launched their attack on the apparently vulnerable target only to be ambushed themselves by the SAS . |
23 | ‘ I tell yer , Joe old cock , my bleedin' trouble is that I 'm misunderstood meself , I been sufferin' misunderstandin' all me life . |
24 | Works in marker pen can be reproduced on colour photocopiers or by printing and need not be displayed themselves . |
25 | ‘ I 've seen this done so often in the films but to be arrested myself … |
26 | A person is guilty of contributory negligence if he ought reasonably to have foreseen that , if he did not act as a reasonable , prudent man , he might be hurt himself ; and in his reckonings he must take into account the possibility of others being careless ( Denning LJ in Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd [ 1952 ] 2 QB 608 ) . |
27 | In 1821 , Mr. Pulley resigned and his successor , Thomas Woolridge , a surgeon of the High Street , was appointed at 50 guineas per annum , to be followed himself by Mr. Blower a few years later at a salary of £63 per annum . |
28 | The hawk can not be slain itself , but is killed if Aldebrand is killed . |
29 | ‘ Gardai 'll be pissed themselves . |
30 | But the Daleks are already here and have commanded the planet 's inhabitants — the Aridians — to capture the travellers or be exterminated themselves . |