Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect that the people who made them were influenced by the Labour party 's ’ Standard No. 17 ’ , which was circulated among people in the area . |
| 2 | Modern socialism , however , is a reaction to the Industrial Revolution which began in the second half of the eighteenth century : in particular to the advent of the machine and the factory , the rapid growth of population and urbanisation , the payment of low wages and the existence of sporadic unemployment , and to the kind of society which industrialisation created which was considered by many as inhuman , unjust and divisive . |
| 3 | As he rounded the leeward mark for the first time , Pat Marshall in 9th place found himself being covered by Simon Allen and so went off on the opposite tack to get clear of the dirty wind , followed by Chris Eyre . |
| 4 | Harris fell foul of Heston 's neurosis about actors who arrive late on the set , and found himself being reprimanded by the man who personified Moses to most moviegoers . |
| 5 | He found himself being harried by ‘ Mobs and Mayors , Blockheads and Brickbats , Placards and Press gangs ’ , and more seriously threatened by ‘ two or three uncouth and unbrained Automata ’ . |
| 6 | Ruth hated the way Anna let herself be dominated by this selfish boy . |
| 7 | When first built they were driven by a water-balance system . |
| 8 | But in 1937 it switched to Kirov , in honour of a local party commissar ( it transpired he was assassinated by Stalin , who thought him too popular ) . |
| 9 | His eyes were so bright they glowed beneath the sea , and when he moved he was preceded by an evil-smelling fog on the surface of the waves . |
| 10 | All the same when he did return she got a shock when she found he was accompanied by Mike and a complete stranger and that one side of Ace 's face was bruised and swollen . |
| 11 | When they inspected the wicket , they found it being rolled by some prisoners from the local jail , one of whom looked familiar to Boycott . |
| 12 | Porter and Paisley were frequently to be found leading such marches and various Ministers for Home Affairs found themselves being denounced by loyalists at Orange rallies . |
| 13 | Units of this kind were first used on a considerable scale by the Austrian army in the 1740s ; and the Croat sharpshooters who composed them were considered by Frederick II the most dangerous opponents he had to face . |
| 14 | 5.4.4 A further aspect of all the schools studied which was illustrated by these two schools was the relationship between the project and trends towards curriculum integration ( in such subjects as humanities and basic studies ) and the augmentation of the curriculum with such subjects as PSD and , of course , study skills . |
| 15 | The unusual structure of the Daily Herald certainly prevented it being dominated by a small group , apart from the elected brothers of the TUC council . |
| 16 | Rosie and Francisco were together , and as she looked around she realised she was surrounded by couples . |
| 17 | Mandy Winston who claimed she was sacked by Oldham Crompton Batteries because she was pregnant has been awarded £5,798 by a tribunal . |
| 18 | Her owner , Alan Ayres , claimed she was hit by a submarine , but the Ministry of Defence denies this . |
| 19 | When we arrived we were met by our guide who came from the Philippines . |
| 20 | As baby Odessa 's condition deteriorated they were forced by the war to leave her in a hospital in Belgrade . |
| 21 | Some of the girls later claimed they were victimised by the police . |
| 22 | Here , led by the mysterious H. de R. ( A. F. Leach later claimed it was led by William of Barnby , fellow and bursar of Merton College ) , they established a rebel university away from their argumentative southern counterparts . |
| 23 | Kevin Sarbutts , of Elmridge , Skelmersdale , Lancashire , is accused of lying to Court of Appeal judges when he claimed he was coerced by police into giving vital evidence against a man accused of killing a stallholder in 1987 . |
| 24 | This one involved the very same T Smith , who claimed he was hit by a bottle thrown from the crowd as Liverpool 's European Cup Winners ' Cup hopes were ebbing away against Ferencvaros in Budapest 15 years ago . |
| 25 | A PARATROOPER who claimed he was hit by a stolen car in west Belfast has denied he was , in fact , kicked by another soldier . |
| 26 | Fry claimed he was sacked by Flashman but the latter responded by saying Fry has a job at Underhill for as long as he wants it . |
| 27 | As he arrived he was met by a rabble of noisy , angry youths . |
| 28 | When we came to move on from our camp we realised we were trapped by the river and the only way out was via a small rock face and a narrow traverse made lethal by snow and ice . |
| 29 | A full discussion followed which was chaired by Miss Kay Evans and covered many aspects of both membership and the new Professional Affiliation Fee due to be introduced next September . |
| 30 | As memory returned she was hit by a depression close to despair , the earlier feeling of security completely vanished . |