Example sentences of "[was/were] not [verb] [prep] [pron] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decisions of regional brewers such as Boddingtons and Greenalls to cease brewing were commercial ones taken by the managements of those companies and they were not forced on them by any of the Government 's measures . |
| 2 | Like many of the expatriate teachers here , he obviously has strong sympathies with the Chinese communist line , and that 's probably why we were n't introduced to him by the embassy . |
| 3 | She tells that there is only a photograph of one kitten ( left ) as the keepers were n't allowed near them by the mother , Cato . |
| 4 | Blessed are you , Simon son of Jonah , for this was not revealed to you by man but by my Father in heaven . |
| 5 | The parents were delighted that the decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others . |
| 6 | The matter was not further pursued , and was not raised before us by Mr. Beloff . |
| 7 | It is to be observed that in the Bognor Regis case Browne J. did not consider whether his decision had any effect on the right to freedom of expression , doubtless because the point was not taken before him by the defendant , who appeared in person . |
| 8 | Yerofeev , it is said , chose this way of life deliberately and was not forced into it by economic circumstances , but inevitably such a life style would induce a sense of infinite weariness and degradation — which Courtenay 's appearance fails to convey . |
| 9 | But at least , he would console himself , I was n't driven to it by ideology , by politics , religion or prejudice . |