Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But from the viewpoint of any property-owner , an unpunished theft is a danger , increasing the chances of being robbed himself . |
| 2 | Because if we do n't we then run the risk of being injured ourselves erm somebody alleging that they did n't realise they were police officers and therefore shot at us because they thought we were invading their territory or something . |
| 3 | But it was very sensible , Dougal thought , if you were afraid of being implicated yourself . |
| 4 | He also campaigned against pollution but suffered the irony of being prosecuted himself for pollution in 1857 , which caused him to move his works to Miles Platting . |
| 5 | And , if the truth be known , we were afraid of being judged ourselves . |
| 6 | He is so afraid of being controlled himself ( being done to as he himself does ) that he continues to control others to avoid becoming a victim himself and so having to face humiliation . |
| 7 | India , despite being thrashed themselves in South Africa immediately before this series , have looked sharper and better equipped in every department . |
| 8 | ‘ Why , treat others the way you would like to be treated yourself . ’ |
| 9 | Jacob learns what it feels like to be cheated himself , even on a wedding night for which he has waited seven years ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | You did n't need grace to be forgiven yourself . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Perhaps the survivors of a stranding are less likely to be stranded themselves at a later date . |
| 14 | Thus , while the Allies thought they were embarking on an outflanking movement , they were in fact about to be attacked themselves . |
| 15 | Later , when I came to be regressed myself , I was curious as to whether I would ‘ remember ’ anything of a Tudor existence . |
| 16 | Not just in the alleys of St Jude 's , where John-William had taken good care never to be devoured himself , but everywhere . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've seen this done so often in the films but to be arrested myself … |
| 18 | For some younger visitors , it was all a little above their heads … they were even wary of the Right Honourable Michael Heseltine … but even for older patrons , like the eminent historian Sir Ernst Gombrich , cartoons are often a very serious business , especially when it comes to being featured yourself . |
| 19 | " I do n't mind investigating poisonings on the farms but I object to being poisoned myself in my own home ! " |
| 20 | As the first law of kung fu is defend , then attack , the student who has gained knowledge of the basic strikes , has next to be trained in parries and blocking manoeuvres to enable him effectively to stop a punch without being hit himself . |
| 21 | In some languages one item in a phrase governs other items without being affected itself ( government ) , while in others two or more words must be inflected systematically in the same way ( concord ) . |