Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the men around the Shah were tied to him by fear , by devotion or by the tentacles of corruption . |
| 2 | What it is like being married into a ‘ low status ’ family in the Midlands was described to me by Surjeet , a teacher in her early twenties who had grown up in Britain . |
| 3 | The Pakistani village of Mohinuddinpur was described to me by Shamim , a woman who now lives in Bradford . |
| 4 | Andrew MacKinlay at Thurrock was praised to me by someone who knew him well , not for any sort of high-flying , but for through and through decency : and anyone removing Tim ‘ I propose to call these people ‘ the Ethnics ' ’ Janman has instant appeal . |
| 5 | ( Wilde was introduced to him by his mother , a librarian , who could n't possibly have anticipated the effect and , apparently , never regretted it even in the seemingly hopeless pre-Smith days of unemployment and complete lack of desire to become gainfully employed . ) |