Example sentences of "i was by " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this sensation evaporated as soon as I looked out of the window , when I realized how imprisoned I was by my ignorance , which Aisha seized upon , exploiting the fact that I did n't know how to flush the toilet , work the shower , turn on the oven or boil the electric kettle to make tea , and that I could n't understand what her older child or her next-door neighbour said . |
| 2 | I never expect to be more moved by a man and a horse than I was by Winter and Mandarin this afternoon . |
| 3 | I write with a strong sense of the necessity of continuing our — talk , and without premeditation , under the impression that you were indeed as much struck as I was by our quite extraordinary to ask if it would be possible for me to call on you , perhaps one day next week . |
| 4 | As you listen to Dr Carrington 's wife and doctors , you may be struck as I was by their candour and sincerity . |
| 5 | I was by no means ill , and the ground by the road was firm enough for me to get to the Land Rover without too much of a struggle . |
| 6 | I already had reason to suspect that I was by no means flavour-of-the-month at the Oxford International Language College . |
| 7 | LOURDES is a very special place , there I felt humble and I had a realisation that no matter what pain or trouble I had I was by no means alone . |
| 8 | Then later , when I was by myself in the examining room , you know , your stomach drops a few times . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't tell you how impressed I was by them . ’ |
| 10 | Although I denied being ill and scorned to make the demands for attention usually employed by invalids or malingerers , there is no doubt that I was by this time making a bid for power . |
| 11 | When I woke up I was almost as amazed by the fair hair as I was by the sex , because both his ‘ father ’ and I are very dark . |
| 12 | Surrounded as I was by supremely negative images of homosexuality such as ‘ the man in the dirty mac living out a lonely old age in a filthy garret ’ , I still felt that there was for me a clear choice between expressing or repressing my homosexual desire . |
| 13 | From the time they woke at Althorp , I was by their side . |
| 14 | ‘ And do n't forget , I was by then dominated by my aunt to such an extent that I would n't have dared . |
| 15 | But fascinated as I was by these aquatic birds , I longed to see the falcons and owls I 'd seen at the zoo flying free , and this is a rare occurrence . |
| 16 | While one takes into account the concern of Calvin and the reformers for the balance between the light of scripture and the inner light and direction given to individuals an experience vouchsafe for countless times in both the Old and New Testaments also remembering our lord 's own use of silence in prayer and I believe the increasing use of silence in modern worship and may I also say how very impressed I was by Dr 's prayer at the opening of this assembly in which he asked for the guidance of God and indeed your own equally eloquent prayer on Sunday evening Moderator open to the prompting and leading and guiding of God 's spirit . |
| 17 | May I take this opportunity to say how sickened I was by the small group of supporters hounding the ticket kiosk for their money back , after Monday night 's County Shield match against Whaddon YMCA . |
| 18 | Then today , when I was by the nail ( he always sits on the steps up ) , I said ( I did it on purpose ) run and get me a cigarette . |
| 19 | I was by then realizing something that had eluded me before , about the fleeing nymphs . |
| 20 | I was by no means immune from this brand of humour . |
| 21 | Actually I was by no means sure . |
| 22 | ‘ So I got Laura Parslow to help me , and went to live in the East End , and the only work I could find , being such a fine lady and quite untrained , was as a maid-of-all-work , a skivvy , which I was by day , and wrote my column at night , when my work was over . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You could have found out where I was by asking your fianc . ’ |
| 24 | I was by no means sure , after the drama of the recent weeks , what the attitude of some of my colleagues would be . |
| 25 | I actually advised him at the meeting that he should not and could n't take that motion , and I was by Alderman in that situation , but he still deemed to go ahead and that 's p his prerogative . |
| 26 | ‘ I was by no means unique in noting how the problems of high unemployment , low skills and high housing need existed side by side in so many places . |
| 27 | We , I used to move around a lot on those days as you could do really speaking because I was n't old enough to be under the Essential Works Order you see , and er I was by the time I went into the army it was 1946 so er the war was over . |