Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] by [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not answer , nor do I open my eyes , but I am stirred by the relentless bleep and static of the answerphone ; words , artificial like a megaphone , filtering through . |
| 2 | Looking back over this chapter I am struck by the dreadful pitfalls which seem to beset every step which the sociologist might contemplate taking in documentary research . |
| 3 | I am struck by the immense change from social barbarism to social civilisation which has taken place in London ( indeed in Great Britain ) during my lifetime . |
| 4 | During that time he sought inspiration and enrichment of the texture of the story in the surrounding countryside , in the paintings of Turner ( ‘ What he paints chiefly is light as modified by objects ’ ) and Romney ( ‘ I am struck by the red glow of [ his ] backgrounds , and his red flesh shades ’ ) , in the faces of women he met at dinner parties or saw by chance in a passing omnibus . |
| 5 | Having inspected hundreds of buildings of every conceivable age and style , from ancient castle to modern semi , and having supervised the construction , maintenance and preservation of hundreds more , from hi-tech laboratories to family homes , I am struck by the huge difference between the well designed and built , and the badly designed and built , the latter being at the heart of most of the horror stories . |
| 6 | I am pervaded by a deep and solemn sadness . |
| 7 | I am stopped by an unstable-looking scree slope . |
| 8 | I am fascinated by every single bar . |
| 9 | I am fascinated by the sculptural elements in nature . |
| 10 | When I try to use the shared bathroom I am met by the teenage mother — the one with two kids . |
| 11 | When I say , ‘ Now I see it as a duck ’ , am I saying that I have a certain Lockean visual sensation — that is , that the figure appears to me , in a non-concept-dependent sense of ‘ appears ’ , in a certain way — which I have found I always have when I am led by the accompanying text to apply the figure in a certain way ? |
| 12 | Well , here I am standing by a purpose-built hole in the ground , a drop into another dimension . |
| 13 | ‘ I am surrounded by a synthetic world of fantasy that I live in , ’ Johnnie tells this paper on his first visit to the UK , the first of a million metaphysical whingeings to be directed towards the NME . |
| 14 | I am informed by the General Counsel of the Board that on the information available it appears that ‘ A ’ entered into nominee arrangements with the defendant whereby the [ defendants ] gained control of ( or the ability to control ) all of the stock of the two other banks referred to in paragraph 6 above . |
| 15 | ANOTHER Budget bites the dust and I am assailed by the sobering realisation that though I 've been subjected to a fair number of them now , I have n't really understood any . |
| 16 | I am greeted by a timid and frail old man who , clutching his hands nervously , thanks me for coming : a greeting he continues to offer throughout my stay . |
| 17 | I am encouraged by the two opening games of this Five Nations campaign . |
| 18 | In November of each year the Nail is brought to the floor of the cathedral so it my be seen by the faithful . |
| 19 | Well , I 'm joined by a few people who can give you some clues on guarantees . |
| 20 | I 'm fascinated by the political innuendo , but it still does n't make sense . |
| 21 | I ca n't find fulfilment in peeling carrots , and I do n't thrill to the sound of the supermarket trolley — except in New York where I 'm bewitched by the all-night delis . |
| 22 | Suddenly I 'm surrounded by a stereophonic cacophony — from the radio on one side and the hallway on the other . |
| 23 | Indeed , a full point score is likely to be awarded if someone is floored by a strong mid-section attack . |
| 24 | The SPAR system was developed at Cambridge University Computer Laboratory while I was supported by the British Library and King 's College , Cambridge . |
| 25 | If ever I was tempted by the seductive stasis of an eidetic image , I punctured its reflecting skin with a dart and tore it away to reveal the structure of habit below . |
| 26 | I did n't buy any masks , but I was tempted by the matching two-foot-high figurines of King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya . |
| 27 | The rally I went to in Leicester in 1987 was neither so gross nor so damaging , but as a reasonably sympathetic onlooker , I was irritated by the frantic urgency and the artificial and inflated mood of tension , good for nobody 's judgment . |
| 28 | The cast was rather good , featuring Bill Nighy and his floppy blond hair and a very svelte-looking Charlotte Cornwell , though I was irritated by the unsympathetic little-and-large duo at the centre , with Janet McTeer towering above the tubby little Imelda Staunton ( as I recall , the heroine of the book hunted alone ) . |
| 29 | When I was hit by a drunk driver in 1980 , crossing the road in Los Angeles . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ My insurance company will never believe I was hit by a flying cow . ’ |