Example sentences of "i [vb base] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly I can not deduce which goals to pursue from the facts to be faced ; but will it not be a causally necessary condition of obeying ‘ Face facts ’ that I let myself be moved , at least incipiently , in the direction in which the facing of the facts would cause me to move ? |
| 2 | To the extent that I let myself be moved spontaneously in and out of perceptual and emotional awareness , it is likely to be my own ends , and those of persons whom I love or hate , which determine most of my choices of ends . |
| 3 | I let myself be persuaded to take part in a television programme about books . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll kill myself before I let myself be taken in . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And instead I let you be captured and pitchforked into the same nightmare again . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I let it be known that I was n't dead ; that I was safe . ’ |
| 7 | I let it be known I was n't really interested in going out again , and hoped they 'd get the message — that I was finished with it . ’ |