Example sentences of "had been [adj] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began by saying he had been asked to speak on censorship and that he had been upset by the reception meted out to Sinead O'Connor at the Madison Square Garden Bob Dylan tribute . |
| 2 | She put her head on one side , trying to make him understand from the look in her eyes that Stephen had been upset by the references to his mother 's death . |
| 3 | I had been upset by the news about George . |
| 4 | Mrs Diggory was herself but little touched , Theda believed , but she had been upset by her husband 's woeful demeanour . |
| 5 | As Fulbright presented it , in what amounted to a proclamation of American innocence and British guilt , the US had been had' by her allies ; and while this may not appear to be entirely convincing , Fulbright had picked up the importance of what Acheson had described as the danger of Ho Chi Minh 's ‘ direct communist connection ’ — and might , indeed , have gone further . |
| 6 | And I remembered too the guns they 'd shown me , with the barrels roughly brazed to patch holes that had been blasted-out by home-made bullets too misshapen to find a smooth passage through when the gun was fired . |
| 7 | When working for Reuters , a colleague revealed that their boss had been impressed by his hobby . |
| 8 | He was familiar with Pound 's writing on Japanese drama , and had been impressed by the first performance of At the Hawk 's Well when he had seen a well-known Japanese dancer take the role of the hawk . |
| 9 | During the practice , Prost had been impressed by both the McLaren and the Williams and his worst fears were confirmed as Senna pulled inexorably away and the multi-coloured Williams of Nigel Mansell began to move about in Prost 's mirrors . |
| 10 | She had been impressed by the view , the quite breath-taking view , from the headland of Posillipo round to the curiously named Egg Castle , a box of brown stone on its rocky promontory in the Bay and on farther to the Sorrento Peninsula beyond . |
| 11 | I assured him truthfully that I had been impressed by his skill and speed , and I thought his results marvellous . |
| 12 | Mr Baker appointed him without interview because he had been impressed by Professor Stubbs 's publications on the importance of knowledge about language . |
| 13 | Apparently Mr Baker had met him on a social occasion , and had been impressed by his traditionalist views . |
| 14 | I had known Katharine for many years , and , in common with other members of the Kingman Committee , I had been impressed by her presentation when she appeared before us to answer questions . |
| 15 | He had been impressed by his companion 's expertise , with the way he handled what seemed the most complex manoeuvres with a cool and detached ability . |
| 16 | Mosley himself admired Lloyd George 's qualities of leadership and had been impressed by his energy and administrative skills at the Ministry of Munitions from 1915 to 1916 . |
| 17 | It was a place he had visited three times — once to be seen ; the second time to appreciate the sermon which he had afterwards discussed outside the small West Door with the vicar who had been impressed by his distinguished visitor 's passionate piety . |
| 18 | Danny Bascombe had done a got job for them , and Stephen had been impressed by his ability , she remembered . |
| 19 | The first time , Dalgliesh had been impressed by Massingham 's intelligence and enormous capacity for work , and by his admirable ability to keep his mouth shut and to sense when his chief wanted to be alone . |
| 20 | During that trip , Jehan Sadat had been impressed by the progress made by Iran under the Shah , but she said later that she was also appalled at the extravagant opulence that the rich displayed . |
| 21 | This group , known as T.E.C.A. , the Teachers ' Economic and Cultural Association Ltd. had been impressed by the strong nationalistic tone of Williams ' book and they wholeheartedly agreed with his sentiments that education of the people should be ‘ part of their democratic privileges and their democratic responsibilities ’ . |
| 22 | She had been impressed by his knowledge and his observation and she loved and admired him a little more . |
| 23 | Even Jenny — clever , perceptive Jenny — had been impressed by Damian Flint , had found him apparently irresistible , staying up till early morning with him , discussing love ; and how that galled her , how it angered her . |
| 24 | Though none of the hearing details were revealed by the BAF , it is believed that Johnson had been impressed by the evidence delivered by the sprinter . |
| 25 | Mr. Wright added that the committee had been impressed by the prompt action by Teiman . |
| 26 | South Clwyd Coroner , John Hughes , said he had been impressed by the courage of the other crew members and medics who had pulled L/Cpl Edwards from the vehicle , and tried to resuscitate him . |
| 27 | South Clwyd Coroner John Hughes said he had been impressed by the courage of the other crew members of the Warrior and medics who had pulled L Cpl Edwards from the vehicle , tried to resuscitate him and taken him to hospital . |
| 28 | He had enjoyed a trial with Middlesbrough and had been impressed by the set-up . |
| 29 | The Republicans had been impressed by Major 's election victory in April , felt there were useful lessons to be learned and invited two political advisers . |
| 30 | Indeed , the measure of the difficulty they were in can be seen in their own statement of 6 August in defence of their lack of achievement , made on the very day they had been disappointed by Cecil 's letter ; for Knox was inscribing a letter from Argyll and lord James to Sir James Croft , captain of Berwick , saying that they were ‘ sorry to be judged slow , negligent and cold in our proceedings … . |