Example sentences of "have [verb] victim to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NORWAY 'S Stig Inge Bjornebye has fallen victim to Liverpool 's injury jinx — before he ever appears in a red shirt . |
| 2 | For example in Alcine , Act 3 , scenes 4–5 , as Melanie pines for Astolphe , who has fallen victim to Alcine 's desires ( E minor ) , Alcine 's spurned lover Athlant attempts to console Melanie by proposing vengeance ( E major ) ; as the scene continues E minor becomes ‘ Athlant 's key ’ as he declares he loves Melanie and suggests that her ‘ fickle lover ’ can be punished if she will love him in return . |
| 3 | Another provincial Greek museum has fallen victim to museum robbers . |
| 4 | Numbers of large mammals , including elephants , will have fallen victim to booby traps and land-mines . |
| 5 | They had both lost their fathers in the same year , Preston 's having fallen victim to leukaemia , William 's to the charms of Another Woman , and this had left William 's grandad as the only adult male presence in both households . |
| 6 | The report described Antigua as having been " engulfed in corruption " , and as having fallen victim to people who used " political power as a passport to private profit " . |
| 7 | Although the 200 soldiers and police officers in the Fort had been supplied with provisions by the Sri Lankan Air Force throughout the siege , conditions had been harsh and in addition a number of soldiers had fallen victim to LTTE snipers . |
| 8 | Again it seems probable that this experienced pilot had fallen victim to Müncheberg , who claimed one Hurricane at 1306 , reporting ‘ the fighting spirit of the British pilot was fantastic ; he tried , although very badly hit , to still attack a Ju88 ( sic ) . ’ |
| 9 | This is naturally most relevant in the case of employees whose skills have been overtaken by changing business patterns and the increasing use of new technology and who have fallen victim to redundancy or reorganisation plans . |
| 10 | A number of woodcutters and honey-hunters have fallen victim to Sunderbans tigers . |
| 11 | The world 's biggest wildlife hospital says it 's being overwhelmed with animals that have fallen victim to summer traffic . |
| 12 | The world 's biggest wildlife hospital says it 's being overwhelmed with animals that have fallen victim to summer traffic . |