Example sentences of "let [pron] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too often we have let ourselves be locked into a ‘ graven image ’ of ourselves , perhaps by parents and teachers . |
| 2 | He was at his best when reacting promptly and powerfully to every threat , how had he let himself be hemmed in thus by forms and processes and the operations of incompetent deputies ? |
| 3 | He was a hard , cold , cynical man who had let himself be hurt by a woman . |
| 4 | Friends of the Earth 's Tropical Forest spokesman described the report as " the story of an ecological catastrophe in the making " , and added that " the government should have the courage to publish the report — after all , the British people paid for it … the government has let itself be led by the nose by the timber trade into suppressing the report for the narrow commercial advantage of those involved . " |
| 5 | In the elegant gilt mirror she caught a glimpse of her panic-stricken face , and her eyes flashed like bright , angry sapphires because she had let herself be manipulated like an ignorant country girl . |
| 6 | How could she have let herself be used by a man who held her in contempt ? |
| 7 | Just what had she let herself be talked into ? |
| 8 | The question circling her head as she 'd climbed aboard the BA 747 that morning was why on earth had she let herself be talked into this ? |
| 9 | ‘ You 've let y'self be hoodwinked by that knave , though the Lord knows why ! |
| 10 | Even then she might have decided not to answer him , or she could have let it be seen by accident before knowing what it was . |
| 11 | The government had let it be known on Sept. 30 that it would not now call a general election in 1991 . |
| 12 | As the recession deepened [ see below ] , the Hawke government began 1991 some 18 percentage points behind the opposition in opinion polls , raising questions concerning Hawke 's future as leader , particularly as Keating had let it be known at a National Press Club dinner in December that he believed he would make a better Prime Minister than Hawke . |
| 13 | In fact there was nothing ‘ reasonable ’ about it , and Bismarck knew this , for at the first whisper of Leopold 's appearance on the scene the French Ambassador had , officially , let it be known to Berlin that this candidacy would never be accepted by Napoleon III . |
| 14 | Sir Alan has in the past written about his deep misgivings over intervention and has recently let it be known in the City that he believes the economy is at last showing signs of pronounced slowdown , a view not fully shared by the Treasury . |
| 15 | I had lied , and I had let myself be used by evil . |
| 16 | Pouf , man , you 've let yourself be scared by a figure plucked out of the clouds . |