Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect that the people who made them were influenced by the Labour party 's ’ Standard No. 17 ’ , which was circulated among people in the area . |
| 2 | ‘ Nothing much else , really , as you can see from what I told the Brigadier — except that , whatever 's happened , I 've got nothing to do with it — I expect she was attracted by the light in my window if she was lost . ’ |
| 3 | Two days later the oil caught fire and the wharf and ships being repaired there were damaged by the fire . |
| 4 | In his view , the revelation of God in Jesus Christ , and the repairing and restoring of fallen human nature brought about through it , were nothing less than a miraculous new beginning , an act of creative divine power , whose discontinuity from what had preceded it was signalled by the double miracle of Jesus ' birth from a virgin and his resurrection from the grave . |
| 5 | Even now he did n't fully know what was meant by the line the stars threw down their spears . |
| 6 | Pat Keen says she was invited by the members of the Yoga class she attends to teach them Medau while the teacher was away . |
| 7 | Fairfax says she was killed by the Germans . |
| 8 | And , though she says she was overwhelmed by the task of choosing decor for some 17 rooms before they were built , she would do it all again . |
| 9 | ‘ I can only assume they were intoxicated by the flood of enthusiasm from central government , and thought they could do anything , even build power stations in the sand , ’ he says . |
| 10 | Senator Jesse Helms , the arch-conservative North Carolinian Republican , says he was told by the CIA , as well as sources within Panama , that the rebels did offer to surrender General Noriega to the US . |
| 11 | He says he was shattered by the news that his kidneys had failed and he had to build up his hopes again . |
| 12 | he says he was going by the horse like |
| 13 | Mirroring the HP tactic , DEC says it was influenced by the overwhelming success of HP 's X-terminal and PA RISC workstation combination , however , DEC hopes to move X-terminals as alternatives to character terminals in large systems , rather than rely on sales through workstation set-ups . |
| 14 | Bristol and West claims these auctions will help to bring some action to an otherwise slow market , and says it was overwhelmed by the response from people wanting to sell in this way . |
| 15 | What they can do is to consider whether at the time the decision was made it was intended by the patient to apply in the changed situation . |
| 16 | To supplement the natural barrier provided by the marshes themselves , ditches were constructed that could be flooded with giant pumps and even electrified , to create what was described by the Guardian 's correspondent as a ‘ giant moat ’ and by the Iraqi corps commander of the area as a ‘ fish trap ’ . |
| 17 | But do you think you were struck by the image itself ? |
| 18 | He had certainly researched Grantham and Marsh and the testimonial Sebastian had purportedly given her was in line with the high regard in which she had been told she was held by the company , although she 'd hardly expected to be given such a glowing recommendation . |
| 19 | As baby Odessa 's condition deteriorated they were forced by the war to leave her in a hospital in Belgrade . |
| 20 | Some of the girls later claimed they were victimised by the police . |
| 21 | A 57-year-old woman who tried to help her was grabbed by the throat and had her head smashed on railings until she was nearly unconscious . |
| 22 | You may remember he was dropped by the Blue Bulls amid speculation that Naas Botha considered him too selfish . |
| 23 | I could see he was troubled by the need to start a new piece of paper when we got back to the surgery . |
| 24 | Even more surprising was the Committee 's rejection of the ‘ deprave and corrupt ’ test , since the selling of the idea that sadism can be highly pleasurable , as described above , or the reinforcing of that idea in those already attracted to it , must surely epitomise what was intended by the phrase ‘ deprave and corrupt ’ , at least as that test is interpreted by the BBFC . |
| 25 | And the last thing was , I 'm not at all clear what was meant by the principal voluntary organized a organization for the mentally ill and I just wondered what was , what was his view in that respect . |
| 26 | In their approach to the irregularities which have been discussed their Lordships gladly adopt what was said by the High Court of Australia in Davies v. The King ( 1937 ) 57 C.L.R. 170 , 180 , and cited with approval by the Jamaican Court of Appeal in Reg. v. Grant and Hewitt , 12 J.L.R. 585 , 591 : |
| 27 | When we came to move on from our camp we realised we were trapped by the river and the only way out was via a small rock face and a narrow traverse made lethal by snow and ice . |
| 28 | But we , I mean we were walking by the side of the road all the way up Greenlands Drive . |
| 29 | how well had they understood what was required by the review , how adequate was their guidance , how much preliminary discussion there had been and how competent they had felt to conduct a review ; |
| 30 | And I suppose I was registered by the social worker as a single . ’ |