Example sentences of "she was [verb] [adv prt] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before she left the Grand Hotel for the opening of the conference , she was chatted up by a ponderous Patrick Cormack , a chastened Colin Moynihan and an eager Charles Harvey . |
| 2 | She forced Moran to dance and by the night 's end she was worn out by the single effort . |
| 3 | She was run over by a car travelling at excessive speed and overtaking on the wrong side . |
| 4 | Frances Maidment has vivid memories of the day she was run over by a stolen car . |
| 5 | They sang something noble and uplifting about Spiderglass and the atmosphere of pride swelled Jezrael 's emotions until she was swallowed up by the crowd 's euphoria . |
| 6 | She was waved on by a sharp-eyed young officer , who boasted he could smell a smuggler from fifty yards away . |
| 7 | The woman suffered head injuries after she was mowed down by a car which mounted the pavement . |
| 8 | And she was laying up by the quay by where they 've got those |
| 9 | She was holding on by a thread . |
| 10 | Baroness Thatcher too is an Oxford graduate , but when moves were made to confer an honorary degree on her in the nineteen eighties , she was turned down by the same people , amid stormy controversy . |
| 11 | And when , within five weeks of returning from that injury , she was beaten up by a yob , she still did n't dream of quitting . |
| 12 | After she was beaten up by the other pupils , Calvin said , ‘ The trouble with than one , though , is she 's ugly . |
| 13 | And , as she walked innocently along a street to collect holiday snaps before returning to Lancashire , she was cut down by a bullet meant for a soldier . |
| 14 | She told teachers she was weighed down by the responsibilities of looking after her three younger sisters , including a nine-month-old baby . |
| 15 | She was allowed in by the back door . |
| 16 | The first house Jane looked at was moated and she was shown over by an ex-policeman who seemed happy to be working for an estate agent . |
| 17 | She was bowled over by the beauty of a girl named Jane March who walked into the Storm agency . |
| 18 | ‘ She was found out by a couple o' the local lads who went over Charin' Cross fer a good time . |
| 19 | She was sitting down by the gate , one hand on her neck , her head canted over at a fierce angle . |
| 20 | Emer Tracy ( 14 ) died after she was knocked down by a lorry as she crossed Dungannon Road , Portadown . |