Example sentences of "[adv] was [vb pp] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long was supported by the bulk of the English county members but by few of the party 's men of talent . |
| 2 | Although Mr Llambias is a member of the Disciplinary Committee , he had not been selected as a member of the disciplinary panel and so was prevented by the committee 's byelaws from attending . |
| 3 | Mr Lawrence said : ‘ An awful lot of what we had felt all along was vindicated by the research . ’ |
| 4 | A short blast on the ship 's siren to warn the dockyard staff ashore was followed by the thrashing of its propeller , as the transport began to manoeuvre in to the jetty . |
| 5 | Control from above was won by the use of various mechanisms . |
| 6 | She never for a moment thought of deserting French for Mrs Hill , having encountered amongst other things some nasty problems about the nature of electricity , but she did enjoy the sensation of flirtation : she spent a long time making her mind up , and finally was summoned by the headmistress , who told her she ought to stick to Sciences , because they offered better prospects . |
| 7 | A couple of minutes later the night silence outside was broken by the sound of a vehicle , presumably an ambulance , starting up and moving off . |
| 8 | I drank my coffee and listened while you talked about the Government 's commitment to looking at the quality of life you should be working towards for our people ( or that we should be working towards for your people — I am not quite sure whether your use of the words ‘ we ’ and ‘ our ’ included me or not ) ; but before I could raise the questions that remained in my mind from the night before — let alone my new uncertainty as to what exactly was meant by the expression ‘ the quality of life ’ — a young man had come in and murmured something to you about ‘ the Governor ’ and ‘ the Bank ’ . |
| 9 | The boy 's run up was limited by the ditch behind , but this time he managed to plant a foot on the wall and grab the Corporal . |
| 10 | Of particular importance was the eucharist , which involved the miracle of transubstantiation ; since the twelfth century , the Catholic church had argued that , although the ‘ accidents ’ ( or external appearance ) of the bread and wine remained unchanged during the mass , the substance of both was turned by the priest at the moment of consecration into the body and blood of Christ . |
| 11 | The lack of tangible reward for either side after the very heavy losses suffered by both was compounded by the fact that it was seen as a war that no one had actually wanted . |
| 12 | There she stayed , with the help of the home care service and a watchful nurse specialist ; one short illness a year later was managed by the hospital team which already knew her . |
| 13 | It probably was n't economic in the very small town you know probably you know I do n't , I do n't remember people keeping pigs but if it was collected it probably was collected by the bin at the back door . |
| 14 | Frank Spencer had endeared himself to so many people that Crawford 's wish to leave the character behind was tempered by the pleasure it had clearly brought . |
| 15 | But the creation of the European Community over 30 years ago was inspired by the idea of no more war in Europe . |
| 16 | An area to seaward was reclaimed by the formation of a new sea wall , this wall being completed in 1896 . |
| 17 | Today was followed by the Independent , The Post , and a number of Sunday and London evening papers , of which only the Sunday Sport survived . |
| 18 | Anxiety here was generated by the fact that William was a Calvinist , hardly more attractive as head of the Anglican Church than a Catholic . |
| 19 | Time here was measured by the moon and by the sun ; the forest itself was held in suspension by the river , whose continuous flow sustained its endeavour . |
| 20 | Amiss was fascinated by the range of inarticulate sounds they could produce . |
| 21 | ‘ All the food parcels people sent us from abroad was stolen by the post office , ’ said Alejandro . |