Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] be [vb pp] " 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 | The same report , reversing the earlier legend excusing the Führer because he was being kept in the dark by his underlings in the Party , added : ‘ Even the Führer has lost much sympathy among the people because he has apparently let himself be taken in by his Party people and does not seem to notice what things are like in the State today . ’ |
| 4 | He was a hard , cold , cynical man who had let himself be hurt by a woman . |
| 5 | Without another word , he let himself be led into the sitting room . |
| 6 | For a moment it looked as if Evans might resist , then he let himself be led to the sofa where he sat down quietly with his head between his hands and began to cry . |
| 7 | If she were his mother , and he let himself be shot without giving her a last chance of looking into his eyes ? |
| 8 | Even the Oxford Museum was not free from Italian influence and ‘ Scott would be throwing away his best chance ’ if he let himself be debarred from doing the same . |
| 9 | When Henry VIII acceded to the throne , James let himself be drawn into a dubious alliance with the French king Louis XII , and after Henry had invaded France wrote him a brash letter demanding a cessation of hostilities . |
| 10 | 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 . " |
| 11 | ‘ She let herself be made a fool of . |
| 12 | There was an iron gate which looked rusted and stuck but which opened to a touch , a flight of stone steps to the water level , and then she let herself be led along a narrow shelf which from the look of it was usually under water . |
| 13 | ‘ Capitalist swine , ’ she murmured , and sank back into a sleep in which she tossed and stretched and he was sure muttered someone else 's name , but in the morning went with him to a garage and they actually bought a car , albeit second hand , and she let herself be dragged into a travel agency and they booked a holiday to Spain just like anyone else . |
| 14 | Ruth hated the way Anna let herself be dominated by this selfish boy . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | How could she have let herself be used by a man who held her in contempt ? |
| 17 | She 's a young girl who really has her feet planted on the ground and I do n't believe she has let herself be carried away by her success . |
| 18 | Just what had she let herself be talked into ? |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | ‘ You 've let y'self be hoodwinked by that knave , though the Lord knows why ! |
| 21 | From the collection as a whole there emerges above all a Modigliani who was a most able draughtsman , a Modigliani much maligned by the critics who have unfortunately let themselves be led astray by legends rather than concentrating on the work . |
| 22 | I had lied , and I had let myself be used by evil . |
| 23 | I am here to act as a … a chairman , an impartial chairman , and I 've let myself be carried away . |
| 24 | Pouf , man , you 've let yourself be scared by a figure plucked out of the clouds . |
| 25 | we let ourselves be led via tea and |
| 26 | But neither I nor my family would have any self-respect left if we let ourselves be portrayed by actors . |
| 27 | The bullock stared but , having absorbed the garb , the poise , the certainty of Hope , let himself be stared down . |
| 28 | In the intervening years only one major English army crossed to France , in 1475 , when Edward IV let himself be bought off by a treaty and substantial cash payments . |
| 29 | Tug felt the call to join her , to leap to his feet and let himself be carried up on the tide , into a high and heroic world . |
| 30 | And let himself be caught as easily . ’ |