Example sentences of "that i [was/were] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose that I was influenced by the exploits of the great test pilots of the day , people like Peter Twiss , Neville Duke and John Derry , who were at the time just coming to grips with high-speed flight and what was called the ‘ sound-barrier ’ . |
| 2 | Pangs of conscience , and ache of loneliness apart , I found that I was stimulated by the challenge of finding my way about this great and beautiful city , and by having to communicate — to try to speak French quickly enough to make actual conversation possible . |
| 3 | I am not exaggerating when I say that I was inspired by all I saw at the adult education centres in Croydon . |
| 4 | But that was a fact under the sectional council number three , the one that I was represented by , they seemed to be poor . |
| 5 | God seemed remote but I appealed for his protection and received a measure of assurance , though I felt that I was followed by an evil presence . |
| 6 | Now , after attending the opening of ‘ Die grosse Utopie : die Russische Avantgarde 1915–1932 ’ in Frankfurt-am-Main yesterday , at my own expense , I wish to state that I was dazzled by the beauty and breadth of the exhibition and that the pluses far outweigh the minuses . |
| 7 | The upshot was that I was summoned by the university authorities and told that I was to be allowed to continue my studies but only under certain stringent conditions . |
| 8 | It was then that I was struck by another passage in Mothers and Daughters : ‘ As the middle- aged daughter develops reasonable expectations of her ageing mother , she will be able to develop reasonable self-expectations in relation to her daughter . |
| 9 | Nightmares and night-time anxiety , are a regular feature of Leonard 's work , though he did remark to us , ‘ I do n't think that I was scarred by anything . ’ |
| 10 | I had a dream at this time that I was caught by the Nazis . |
| 11 | Realising that I was piqued by the recognition that I was not singular even in what I had considered an inadequacy , I convicted myself of lack of humility . |
| 12 | ‘ The fact that I was needed by him in that setting was actually very attractive , because I was important . |
| 13 | I was about to say , Harry , that I was accused by some friends last night of being sanctimonious . |