Example sentences of "to be [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Ministers are known to be bracing themselves for a series of defeats . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | for not only was the Earl Patrick suspicious of anyone coming from the regency , but he happened at this juncture to be consoling himself with a local lady , in the absence of marital comforts . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Perhaps the survivors of a stranding are less likely to be stranded themselves at a later date . |
6 | The president was supposed to be dissociating himself from the Shah not encouraging him . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | She remembered because she had seen her drive off and it was unusual for ‘ a señora of her quality ’ to be driving herself with no companion . |
9 | The impact of that on Leeds residents perception of the migration opportunities is quite different quite different from a new settlement on a very accessible corridor which would have to be promoted and would have to be built quickly to be to present itself as a successful venture . |