Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] it by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Great holes were torn in it by the German machine guns and shrapnel , but with a discipline that would have honoured the Old Guard , it closed ranks . |
| 2 | Because the cat was seen as evil , all kinds of frightening powers were attributed to it by the writers of the day . |
| 3 | Many of them never wanted to lend overseas in the first place , but were forced into it by the internationalization of American commerce ; as their local clientele expanded into foreign trade , they had no choice but to follow them or lose the business to the money-center banks . |
| 4 | He was driven to it by the logic of interest and events . |
| 5 | She was pitchforked into it by the early death of her husband James V. But this woman from France made sure that she learned about the country she would control . |
| 6 | It is understood he initially thought of going there at the weekend but was advised against it by the police . |