Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] [verb] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other territories were to be added to the Japanese empire but some were insignificant in terms of size , and elsewhere the occupation was short-lived and constrained by the exigencies of war . |
| 2 | The moon had set , but the sky was clear and lit by a sprinkling of stars . |
| 3 | During the Second World War the house was empty until taken by an elderly lady , Mrs Fullerton , whose son was grown up . |
| 4 | The shop window was tiny and covered by a metal grille . |
| 5 | Nigel was disgusted but intrigued by the lengths Eleanor had gone to . |
| 6 | The meeting , which was brief and marked by a violent verbal exchange between the Presidents of Croatia , Franjo Tudjman and of Serbia , Slobodan Milosevic , adopted a declaration before adjourning until Sept. 12 . |
| 7 | The police officer 's initial response in evidence — he was ‘ satisfied that it was of no evidential value to our case ’ — was unfortunate and regarded by the judge as ‘ striking , ’ notwithstanding his later qualification that it was of no value in any direction . |
| 8 | He was tired and frustrated by the end of his stay . |
| 9 | I was slit-eyed and shivering by the time she was driven off . |
| 10 | NAKAJIMA 'S private venture study for a trans-Pacific bomber , Project Z , was refined and developed by a joint Imperial Army and Navy team to produce the G10N1 Fugaku ( Mount Fuji ) . |
| 11 | Inside , the tap room was airy and warmed by a fire . |
| 12 | Their experience , she says , was that although the themes of its material were about lesbian and gay issues , around a third of the audience was heterosexual and attracted by the quality of the work performed . |
| 13 | I WAS shocked and disturbed by the full-page advertisment for The Sport and Sunday Sport . |
| 14 | Our community festival was overjoyed and appreciated by the vast majority of residents of the Lower Ormeau and we hope will be back next year bigger and better than ever . |
| 15 | Her own vet Christopher Baxter said he was surprised and shattered by the RSPCA 's findings . |