Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've let y'self be hoodwinked by that knave , though the Lord knows why ! |
| 2 | I am here to act as a … a chairman , an impartial chairman , and I 've let myself be carried away . |
| 3 | Pouf , man , you 've let yourself be scared by a figure plucked out of the clouds . |
| 4 | The 32 members of the Moores family who still own 100% of Littlewoods , have let it be known that the sale has begun ; the biggest part of the Littlewoods Organisation — mail order catalogues — is on the market , with a reputed price tag in excess ( probably well in excess ) of £350 million . |
| 5 | Too often we have let ourselves be locked into a ‘ graven image ’ of ourselves , perhaps by parents and teachers . |