Example sentences of "[adv] put [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swiss housewives rejected this appeal , apparently put off by the idea of being replaced in their homes by machines . |
| 2 | By mid-March , their uprising had been brutally put down by Saddam Hussein 's Republican Guard . |
| 3 | As much put out by the ticket inspector 's attitude as his demand for money , he paid and duly wrote to BR to complain saying he ‘ could see no justification in the circumstances for the excess charge . ’ |
| 4 | If you are a purist , you may be somewhat put off by the lame , if not sticky English translations of words in Bach 's Cantatas Nos. 201 & 68 , but do n't be , for the exceeding purity of Dame ‘ Bella 's ’ voice overcomes all . |
| 5 | These were swiftly put down by a detachment of the newly established Armed Police firing tear gas into the crowds . |
| 6 | Somewhat surprising is the fact that the longest hours are not put in by the women with the largest number of children . |
| 7 | He is not put off by the prospect of a change in government . |
| 8 | The trouble with this way of dealing with the myth is that the myth is so attractive that people are not put off by the objection that it opens the door to scepticism about common meanings . |
| 9 | When they were not put off by Marcus 's rigid unfocussed stare . |
| 10 | Dictamnus , the burning bush , is not put out by standing in water |
| 11 | The minister was not put out by the note of impatience in Bertha Cohen 's voice . |
| 12 | So Jesus when he sees their situation , he 's not concerned by the storm by the way , he 's not put out by that because he knows he 's going to the other side , but for the sake of them he gets up and he speaks the word , Jesus he said , peace . |
| 13 | This does n't always work and older beginners are soon put off by this attitude . |
| 14 | primarily and fundamentally one who is friendly , a good mixer , of sound character and having much commonsense ; she must be patient , not easily put out by misbehaviour or pressure of work , remaining calm at all times ; she must like children and be tolerant of them and their ways and also of her colleagues ; she must be willing to turn her hand to any job that needs to be done in the department even if it is normally done by people junior to herself . |
| 15 | Happily , the stories live on , such as the visiting sportsman who , when boasting about his prowess with the gun , was easily put down by a local crofter : ‘ Man , that is nothing . |
| 16 | A sudden upsurge to 3,500 on Dec. 31-Jan. 1 was reportedly prompted by a rumour that the Greek authorities were going to seal the border , and on Jan. 2 a Greek government spokesman alleged that the rumour had been deliberately put about by the Albanian authorities in an attempt to rid the country of the Greek minority , which numbered nearly 59,000 according to the 1989 census . |
| 17 | This was then immediately scrubbed onto a piece of scrap paper until the charge of paint began to run out ; at that point a thin scumble was quickly put down by stabbing with the brush tip onto the background colouring . |
| 18 | At Christmas 1910 , the committee gave permission for the women to go out to the pantomime at the kind invitation of a lady of the town , and — possibly put off by some unrecorded experiences in the previous year — they recommended that no eggs be pickled that season . |
| 19 | Slightly put off by his failure to take any notice of her as she entered , her voice was hesitant as she greeted him in her best Spanish . |
| 20 | These people had little training in interviewing , in handling client relationships and in understanding what a service business was about , and many clients were understandably put off by such individuals . |
| 21 | The Americans are also put out by the efforts of Russia 's foreign minister , Andrei Kozyrev , to rescue something from the apparent wreckage of the world 's peace efforts . |
| 22 | Ramsey , formerly put off by Eden 's drawl , was at first put off by Macmillan 's blear-eyed appearance and puffy eyes . |
| 23 | ( as if such undesirables were not precisely the sort of candidates all too often put up by parties and elected by voters in both British and Irish constituencies ! ) |
| 24 | On the whole , most of us lead very sedentary lives these days and are often put off by the thought of taking exercise . |
| 25 | When he located Breton 's studio he was immediately put off by its exterior . |
| 26 | The pro is n't put off by time switches . |
| 27 | I was n't put off by the fact that Jo had told me not to call or see her . |
| 28 | You were n't put off by all the bawdry earlier , well done . |
| 29 | He was particularly put out by the absence of a telephone . |
| 30 | I was also rather put off by the fact I had inadvertently climbed to the summit of Cairn Gorm from the restaurant at the top of the chairlift one drizzly afternoon years ago . |