Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [adv prt] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small clients handled roughly from what sounded like a hectic dealing room got turned on by the apparent professionalism of it all , and often allowed themselves to be persuaded into buying almost worthless over the counter ( OTC ) shares . |
| 2 | He got phoned up by the other players ? |
| 3 | She became bogged down by the very size of the country , the lengthy supply lines , her inability to have her army spread thickly on the ground , the increasingly effective guerilla warfare waged by the Chinese communists , as well as by debilitating rivalries within the Japanese army itself . |
| 4 | At the bottom of Great Brunswick Street , they swung left around by the main entrance to Trinity . |
| 5 | Corbett felt hemmed in by the sheer frustration of the task assigned him . |
| 6 | But the evidence suggests that the fragile though real co-operation between liberals and workers of 1905 had broken down by the pre-war years . |
| 7 | If Lili had come in by the back door it had been very late indeed . |
| 8 | Last time the fibre-optic and wire-cutter had gone in by the front door ; this time they were to enter by the back . |
| 9 | And he had gone out by the front door , presumably to present an appearance of normality if he should be seen by any of the family — a late evening stroll before bed being a simple enough amusement — while she could save the whole circuit of the house by using the back door close to the kitchen . |