Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who could not stand it returned home worn out by the virulence of anti-Irish racism which they experienced from English people . |
| 2 | Many had begun by raging against it as angry young men or women and felt terribly let down by the failure of the Wilson government to make much of a dent in it . |
| 3 | She felt utterly hemmed in by the panelled walls adorned with religious pictures , crucifixes , statues and ornate candlesticks . |
| 4 | In between excessive laughter I noticed that not only were SCUM CRAP at the back but they got completely pissed on by the Turkish Delights : - ) ) ) ) ) |
| 5 | Slorne had already calmed down by the time Creggan and Minch had finished speaking and the following evening the Sweeper came and she was calm again . |
| 6 | Such a system , based on social class and the old school tie , had never become quite so entrenched across the Atlantic in the first place , and had largely broken down by the end of the 1950s . |