Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact was that all sorts of strange gear-shifts were taking place within my psyche , and I was eaten up by the morbid drama of Frankenstein . |
| 2 | I had thought I might stroll out towards the famous Liseberg Gardens , but I got no more than a couple of hundred yards before I was turned back by the pitiless downpour . |
| 3 | As I was swept along by the noisy laughing crowd out into the tropical evening I persistently wanted to know what had happened to the dog . |
| 4 | ‘ I said that if I was turfed out by the trade union vote I would see Neil Kinnock and we would then both issue a statement afterwards , ’ he said . |
| 5 | It must have been then that I was blown up by the land-mine , which may well have knocked out Private Prescott as well . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ As it was , I was referred back by the clinic a week later because of blood pressure problems and the midwife kept a check on me . |
| 7 | Well I tried and then I was let down by the group . |
| 8 | ‘ When my father died my mother took me on a trip to Spain and I was bowled over by the El Grecos . |
| 9 | Anyway , then I was picked up by the bizzies for possession and it all came out then . |
| 10 | ‘ I was coming back by the path from the ferry , through the woodland , and where the trees are thickest I stumbled over him . |
| 11 | I was having a nap by the gas fire one evening when I was woken up by the doorbell . |
| 12 | Neighbour Brian Dean , a 55-year-old chauffeur , said : ‘ I was woken up by the police cars lining up in the middle of the street . |
| 13 | The nervous tension of dodging and ducking about a sky crowded with equally dodging and ducking planes , some firing , some looking as if they might fire at any instant , some sheering wildly away to avoid a collision ; and all the time trying to grab a quick shot at a mere point of light : all this brought back the strain of combat , when you were pressed on by the excitement of chasing the enemy , pulled back by the horror of shooting a friend , and periodically shaken with fright by the thought that at any second you might be cut in two . |
| 14 | She forced Moran to dance and by the night 's end she was worn out by the single effort . |
| 15 | They sang something noble and uplifting about Spiderglass and the atmosphere of pride swelled Jezrael 's emotions until she was swallowed up by the crowd 's euphoria . |
| 16 | And she was laying up by the quay by where they 've got those |
| 17 | Baroness Thatcher too is an Oxford graduate , but when moves were made to confer an honorary degree on her in the nineteen eighties , she was turned down by the same people , amid stormy controversy . |
| 18 | After she was beaten up by the other pupils , Calvin said , ‘ The trouble with than one , though , is she 's ugly . |
| 19 | She told teachers she was weighed down by the responsibilities of looking after her three younger sisters , including a nine-month-old baby . |
| 20 | She was allowed in by the back door . |
| 21 | She was bowled over by the beauty of a girl named Jane March who walked into the Storm agency . |
| 22 | She was sitting down by the gate , one hand on her neck , her head canted over at a fierce angle . |
| 23 | When our dad died , we were turned out by the Bridgewater agent . |
| 24 | We were shown around by the site director , who pointed out some of its features and also the spoil heaps . |
| 25 | We visited the Baltic Yacht Club , owned by the Baltic Shipping Company , where we were shown around by the friendly vice commodore , Alexey Bulkanov . |
| 26 | Did n't look very well , we were walking down by the side of the road ! |
| 27 | At the Legation we were welcomed back by the servants and reverted happily to our accustomed way of life . |
| 28 | Shelter said : ‘ We were taken back by the response . |
| 29 | We were taken in by the lies which the Lebanese told about themselves ; we had to believe we had not seen the blood on the stairs . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ We were woken up by the sound of breaking glass . |