Example sentences of "[verb] by [noun prp] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only he had not caught nits and been sent home from school , fallen in the beck , lost his shoes , been attacked by Rosie or injured his hand just because he was too cowardly to follow Buddie 's instructions . |
| 2 | rightly observed that the insurers ' main arguments were negatived by Lawrence and concluded , at p. 286 : |
| 3 | Many of the extensive grasslands in the RP are owned by Communes and grazed collectively . |
| 4 | Everett , an extremely experienced chartered accountant , was captivated by Hayling and became personally very interested in the paper and the job opportunities it would create . |
| 5 | Tom stopped by Jack and turned the engine off . |
| 6 | In this speech , Reagan again made clear his determination not to compromise with the House Budget Committee and threw his support behind a bipartisan resolution fostered by Stockman and dubbed Gramm-Latta after its co sponsors . |
| 7 | Seth had been defeated by Horus but took legal action to establish his claim to the throne of Osiris by bringing his case before the nine gods of Heliopolis . |
| 8 | Allen 's side contests the letter , saying it was either written by Farrow or coerced by her . |
| 9 | In the ninth minute McClean broke free down the left and his cross into the penalty area was completely missed by Coleman but made its way to Abrahams who was forced wide and straight into the arms of Westwood . |
| 10 | The minutes of the previous meeting were ado were read and adopted by Mrs and seconded by Mrs . |
| 11 | Gremlins , co-produced by Spielberg but directed by Joe Dante , is populated by creatures that are initially cuddly and ultra-cutesy ( not unlike those in the 1967 Star Trek episode , ‘ The Trouble With Tribbles ’ ) . |
| 12 | There are half a dozen songs tonight that have n't been released , and they 're all worth their stuff ; a bonkers instrumental after the Grateful Dead called ‘ Swashbuckler ’ , a flaming flamenco exercise ( ‘ Callin'-All ’ ) and a yearning epic sung by John that took the wired-up angsty quality of The Boys ' ‘ First Time ’ and put in some of Roy Orbison 's operatic noodlings for good measure . |
| 13 | Now we know the letters are opened by Dacourt and deciphered by Peckle , but Millet is Dacourt 's secretary and will be privy to such information . |
| 14 | A general anaesthetic with analgesic ( pain-relieving ) properties , it is produced by Parke-Davies and marketed as Ketalar . |
| 15 | Three of her works were played , one of them , a Trombone Concerto was commissioned by Paragon and received its first performance . |
| 16 | Prosecuting counsel said the matter came to light when the police stopped a vehicle driven by Kelly and became suspicious of a vehicle test certificate as the date of issue on it was a Sunday . |
| 17 | Mr Molesworth ( Sid ) was also intimidated by Lydia and allied himself with his wife 's question . |
| 18 | It is thought that the Christians of the early Church valued such phrases which had been spoken by Jesus and used them in their original Aramaic form . |
| 19 | He claims he was never officially hired by BSDI and signed no employment contract with the firm , which he believes is the brainchild of UUNet chief Rick Adams and former CSRG staffer Mike Karels who was best man at Jolitz 's wedding . |
| 20 | The suggested settlement , known as a multi-function polis ( MFP ) , was sponsored by Japan and involved more than 100 Japanese companies . |
| 21 | She is a joint Japanese-New Zealand venture , sponsored by Yamaha and skippered by Ross Field . |
| 22 | The new installation , sponsored by Mitchell and dubbed the Jan Mitchell Treasury , contains some 225 artifacts that constitute the preeminent pan-cultural display of Pre-Columbian gold outside Latin America . |
| 23 | One of those most wanted by Yugoslavia but allowed to go unpunished was General Mario Roatta . |
| 24 | Myc92- , Myc73- and Max72-encoding DNA fragments were generated by PCR and subcloned in frame downstream of VP16 or SRF412 ( residues 1–412 of SRF ) in vectors pSD.06a and pSD.08 , respectively . |
| 25 | But she achieved whatever she did against a massive public distaste for modern art , a fact well documented by Arnold and set clearly in the context of international and national attitudes . |
| 26 | An innovation has been to introduce four kings , representing the four corners of the earth , who come to woo Epine and win the kingdom she has seized , are entranced by Rose but rejected by her because the North is uncouth , the East too vain , the West too cynical and the South too violent . |
| 27 | One bomber — reportedly a Ju88 — was seen to be hit by A.A. and went vertically into the sea with a great howl of engines . |
| 28 | His battle cry was echoed by Baal and Set , as they hurtled forward in his wake . |
| 29 | A proposal to ban fishing for cod and haddock for 10 days each month was supported by Britain but rejected by Belgium , Denmark , France and Germany . |
| 30 | The seminar was supported by WACC and hosted by the African Council for Communication Education just one week after an earthquake had devastated some of the most deprived areas of Cairo . |