Example sentences of "[was/were] overcome with [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The multitudes were overcome with joy by the spirituality and the nobleness of Vinoba 's words , and their hearts were stirred by his exalted aims . |
| 2 | Lying dazed in the oil-stained sawdust , beside the lifeless engine , Mungo was overcome with gratitude to the old man who had responded to his fear . |
| 3 | I was prepared to second that , but Lorne was overcome with delight at finding a sect which had long since officially died out . |
| 4 | Friends such as Edward Clodd , who expected Hardy to be relieved by her death in 1912 , found instead that he was overcome with remorse for neglecting one whom he had once loved so well . |
| 5 | Just as Paul Gascoigne was overcome with emotion at England 's World Cup exit in Italia '90 , Cantona could n't hold back the tears when he was joined on the chat show sofa … by his grandmother . |
| 6 | At that moment both constables ' attention was distracted by a little boy who was overcome with curiosity about the working of a fire-engine . |