Example sentences of "risk [being] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He added that Mr Major would have warned the Queen that she risked being dragged into a political storm . |
| 2 | Yeltsin 's support at the forthcoming Congress , he warned , risked being diminished as a result of a campaign to deprive ministers of their powers as deputies , and he felt that he would be more useful working for Yeltsin at the Congress than in government . |
| 3 | Move to the Left , encourage mass protest , and they risked being marginalized in a revolutionary confrontation . |
| 4 | In a short campaigning season curtailed by either seasonal or financial considerations , or by both , the advantage did not lie with the attacker who , if he began a siege , risked being caught between the place he was seeking to capture and ( a constant fear ) a force coming to relieve the besieged . |
| 5 | It was a high one , but although she was confident she could climb it , she knew that if she tried to do so she would risk being seen from the house ; but beside it was a shallow grassy ditch were she could remain out of sight , so bending double she ran along this ditch , and came to the spot where she had seen Tristram . |
| 6 | But the operation was not a success , because security at the naval base was far too good and , rather than risk being caught in the act , the plan was dropped . |
| 7 | I do n't think he has ever risked being sued in the history of the paper . |
| 8 | I was n't actually pleased with Zak as I did n't want to risk being identified as an actor , but that , I supposed , would be a great deal better than the truth . |
| 9 | I could n't afford to risk being left on the shelf once Karen had had her way with me . |
| 10 | I am , of course , conscious that , as a convert to some important aspects of European integration , I risk being impeached for a lack of consistency ; however , I am always happy to recall the words of Ralph Emerson , who said : ’ A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by little statemen and philosophers and divines . ’ |
| 11 | We must continue the drive for improved competitiveness and increased productivity , otherwise we risk being left at the starting gate , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ People have to stand well back from the edge of the pavement or else risk being splashed by the mud and water spilling from these ‘ sealed ’ lorries , ’ he said . |