Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] by [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These simple propositions are truisms , but their importance and the dangers of departing from them are highlighted by this appeal , which we allowed on 13 March 1992 . |
| 2 | … I am moved by those cadences I find in Ivy . |
| 3 | I am met by another answerphone with the friend 's voice on it . |
| 4 | I am influenced by many painters , usually those with a social or religious message such as Breughel , Velasquez , Goya , Delacroix , Gauguin or El Greco . |
| 5 | ‘ If I am a caveman , perhaps I am influenced by these islands ’ proliferation of caves ? ’ he suggested , grinning . |
| 6 | Regulation 19 requires a member who is seller under a contract awaiting performance , to give a tender to LCH ( the buyer ) by the time specified in exchange rules and accompanied by such documents as my be required by those rules . |
| 7 | It 's like a speck of dust drifts down and goes into my eye and I look up to see where it came from and I 'm hit by this tonne of bricks ; it hits me that hard . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm moved by this tribute , Hugo , ’ Matthew said , laughing . |
| 9 | Erm I 'm influenced by all kinds of things but I 'm sure I 'm not influenced by wishing for certain power or not . |
| 10 | In the corridor I 'm addressed by another doctor . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I was heartened by this news though Marianne , who has experienced the unpredictable effects of alcohol on the North African male to her cost , was less amused . |
| 13 | And I was screaming by this time and Miss goes oh be quiet everybody ! |
| 14 | No , but I was fascinated by this man because he wanted above all things for us to record the Bartók Music for Strings , Percussion , and Celesta . |
| 15 | I was disgusted by this news . |
| 16 | I was about to say , Harry , that I was accused by some friends last night of being sanctimonious . |
| 17 | I was helped by these witnesses and they provide a useful check on the evidence of the residents . |
| 18 | ‘ In Africa , ’ she continues , ‘ it was the first time I was confronted by these women that were fearless with each other . |
| 19 | For the first twenty minutes or so of motoring , I can not say I was seized by any excitement or anticipation at all . |
| 20 | Sir , I apologise , I was going by this figure made by which indicated that it expired on the thirty first of March , I think and in fact , that is a an error on the officer 's part it would appear from the licensing authorities in fact , it expired at the end of May . |
| 21 | I was mesmerized by that mouth , by the sharp edges of white teeth I could see when she smiled . |
| 22 | I was shattered by this news . |
| 23 | Last September erm I was accompanied by another manager so in effect there 's two managers running the place . |
| 24 | I was standing by dis door |
| 25 | I his was followed by another salvo crashing nearer to the German positions . |
| 26 | In any case , there are earthier explanations , such as the changes in sea level favoured by Newell ( 1963 and 1967 ) , or changes in climate ( perhaps themselves brought about by changes in the earth 's magnetism ) which are favoured by many authors . |
| 27 | In Chapters 2 to 10 we take the various constructions in which English adjectives actually appear , and consider the grammatical and interpretative consequences of the intensional patterns which are expressed by those constructions , before returning in the final three chapters to more general issues of syntax . |
| 28 | With the introduction of the 1990 Health and Safety Act , four new training courses have been added to the company 's training calendar , which are attended by all members of staff . |
| 29 | These issues are discussed in Chapter 2 in relation to the clauses in the precedent s in that chapter which are affected by this issue . |
| 30 | There are , nevertheless , tensions between the conservative and liberal variants of the normativist style which are revealed by this study . |