Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [vb pp] [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 having a nap by the gas fire one evening when I was woken up by the doorbell . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She forced Moran to dance and by the night 's end she was worn out by the single effort . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | After she was beaten up by the other pupils , Calvin said , ‘ The trouble with than one , though , is she 's ugly . |
| 16 | She told teachers she was weighed down by the responsibilities of looking after her three younger sisters , including a nine-month-old baby . |
| 17 | She was allowed in by the back door . |
| 18 | She was bowled over by the beauty of a girl named Jane March who walked into the Storm agency . |
| 19 | The Bishop 's resignation was announced at a Press Conference held at the Cathedral , when a statement by him was read out by the Diocesan spokesman . |
| 20 | And that in fact was , produced a split vote in the police authority fifty fifty , and it , it was chucked out by the chairman 's casting vote . |
| 21 | It was played down by the band and manager Steve Harrison , who is paranoid about being seen to ‘ cash in ’ , ‘ manipulate ’ or any of those other snidey cracks that godhead success usually brings . |
| 22 | It was played down by the band and manager Steve Harrison , who is paranoid about being seen to ‘ cash in ’ , ‘ manipulate ’ or any of those other snidey cracks that godhead success usually brings . |
| 23 | They had a two year romance in the thirties but it was broken up by the war and the appearance of Rose 's first husband . |
| 24 | Ghana symbolised West Africa before it was carved up by the Europeans ; it symbolised the African federation Nkrumah longed to assemble . |
| 25 | Prior to this it was carried out by the Directorship-general of Fine Arts , Academies and Libraries , part of the Ministry of Education . |
| 26 | Legislation requiring the registration of houses taking children for adoption followed , but respectable working class women resented this inspection , especially when it was carried out by the Poor Law Relieving Officer . |
| 27 | In the past a private sector proposal had to demonstrate that funding costs would be less than if it was carried out by the Government . |
| 28 | The drawing was identified as a Rembrandt by Christie 's Old Master drawings expert , Hugo Chapman , when it was brought in by the owner for valuation . |
| 29 | ‘ It was voted on by the clubs but there has been no ratification of that by the management committee . |
| 30 | In its earliest history the building housed the guardian of the eastern gate , but it was taken over by the Fontana family and completely remodelled , a reshaping that was carried out with all the grace of Renaissance art . |