Example sentences of "[adv] put [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swiss housewives rejected this appeal , apparently put off by the idea of being replaced in their homes by machines . |
| 2 | As much put out by the ticket inspector 's attitude as his demand for money , he paid and duly wrote to BR to complain saying he ‘ could see no justification in the circumstances for the excess charge . ’ |
| 3 | If you are a purist , you may be somewhat put off by the lame , if not sticky English translations of words in Bach 's Cantatas Nos. 201 & 68 , but do n't be , for the exceeding purity of Dame ‘ Bella 's ’ voice overcomes all . |
| 4 | Somewhat surprising is the fact that the longest hours are not put in by the women with the largest number of children . |
| 5 | He is not put off by the prospect of a change in government . |
| 6 | The trouble with this way of dealing with the myth is that the myth is so attractive that people are not put off by the objection that it opens the door to scepticism about common meanings . |
| 7 | The minister was not put out by the note of impatience in Bertha Cohen 's voice . |
| 8 | A sudden upsurge to 3,500 on Dec. 31-Jan. 1 was reportedly prompted by a rumour that the Greek authorities were going to seal the border , and on Jan. 2 a Greek government spokesman alleged that the rumour had been deliberately put about by the Albanian authorities in an attempt to rid the country of the Greek minority , which numbered nearly 59,000 according to the 1989 census . |
| 9 | The Americans are also put out by the efforts of Russia 's foreign minister , Andrei Kozyrev , to rescue something from the apparent wreckage of the world 's peace efforts . |
| 10 | On the whole , most of us lead very sedentary lives these days and are often put off by the thought of taking exercise . |
| 11 | I was n't put off by the fact that Jo had told me not to call or see her . |
| 12 | He was particularly put out by the absence of a telephone . |
| 13 | I was also rather put off by the fact I had inadvertently climbed to the summit of Cairn Gorm from the restaurant at the top of the chairlift one drizzly afternoon years ago . |
| 14 | We were most put out by the way they turned it down . ’ |
| 15 | She recalled that she had at the time been a little put out by the prince 's interest in Joan — but now the important thing was to persuade Joan to join in the festivities and bring her a first-hand report . |
| 16 | ‘ And I think Ahn may be more than a little put out by the idea . ’ |
| 17 | I really enjoyed the day , and I was a little put out by the articles I read in a couple of daily newspapers throughout the week , which criticised the tournament for staging what they called ‘ just a one-woman show ’ . |
| 18 | Mrs. Mott had been very put out by the long time the builders had stayed in the hall ; the chattering of the girls was the final straw . |
| 19 | Peter did n't look too put out by the idea . |
| 20 | But as she sat beside Ven Gajdusek while the car rolled silently downhill and into Mariánské Láznë , and she recovered her normally even temper , she could n't have said that she was too put out by the experience . |