Example sentences of "he [verb] [be] [verb] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every move he made was duplicated by the rest of the shoal at exactly the same speed and with absolute precision . |
| 2 | Moreover , he noticed an electric lighting cable passing over the wall to an adjoining house , which he found was occupied by a senior official . |
| 3 | If the NRPB gets the contract to conduct the survey , Reissland wants to compare death rates among servicemen and scientists present during the tests with records of their individual exposure to radiation — as recorded by the film badges which , he has been assured by the MoD , all those present wore . |
| 4 | The German academics very prudently ignored him for forty years ; but lately , to the disgrace of Germany , he has been discovered by an English critic . |
| 5 | He has been wanted by a string of clubs , including Manchester United , who last season saw Pearce as the final piece in a title jigsaw . |
| 6 | He has been seen by the police surgeon who certified him fit to be detained . |
| 7 | Since then he has been seen by the right-wing as Maggie 's prince-in-waiting , but his skill has been that he has remained very much in favour with the Major Government where his ability and amiability won him respect . |
| 8 | He has been goaded by the obstacles to expansion and the punishing VAT rate of 18.6 per cent that is imposed on imports in his own country . |
| 9 | One BGS officer is in post and he has been supported by a consultant editor . |
| 10 | Recently , he confesses , he has been plagued by a recurring dream in which all these Hollywood types he barely knows are asking to borrow his toothbrush . |
| 11 | ( d ) Warnings Section 2(4) ( a ) states : Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger of which he has been warned by the occupier , the warning is not to be treated without more as absolving the occupier from liability , unless in all the circumstances it was enough to enable the visitor to be reasonably safe . |
| 12 | ‘ He has been hit by the recession like everyone else . ’ |
| 13 | The Magistrate will record the complaint in the words of the party — as he has been instructed by the outdoor proctor — and the case will then go on , subject to the same conditions as at present . ’ |
| 14 | Fluent in English and Spanish , he has been seconded by the Japan External Trade Organisation ( JETRO ) and recruited from the Sumitomo Corporation where his career spans over 30 years . |
| 15 | After trading for some months , he has been approached by a company which says it owns the rights to the trade name Pizza Parlour and that he must desist from using it . |
| 16 | He has been described by The Times as ‘ the key figure among Labour 's communications advisers ’ . |
| 17 | He has been helped by a generous dollop of hype . |
| 18 | Mr Bush , a former US diplomat in Beijing , has countered by hinting that when his traducers were fully acquainted with the facts , his actions would be justified — and typically he has been angered by the ‘ personal ’ nature of the criticism . |
| 19 | While Edwards claims he has been encouraged by the response to his proposals from a National Trust officer who visited the site , his scheme — due to be put into effect next summer — were immediately condemned by the British Mountaineering Council 's general secretary Derek Walker . |
| 20 | He has been succeeded by the equally hard working Ken Lake , whose job among other things is to co-ordinate the various partnerships with the regional secretaries and keep ESCA 's profile high amongst the school cricket fraternity . |
| 21 | He has been protected by a team of Special Branch officers , moving him from location to location . |
| 22 | Even he has been drugged by the system and anaesthetized against the perception of his own misery . |
| 23 | ( a ) As leader of the party in power , he has been chosen by the electorate , has control over the party machinery and can normally rely on the strength of party loyalty to maintain his position . |
| 24 | But if his reputation as one of the great Kings of French history is anything to go by , then the means he used were justified by the end , the destruction of the Angevin Empire . |
| 25 | ‘ They pretended that Paul was hit by a ricochet , but the evidence was clear that he 'd been hit by a direct shot . |
| 26 | Told Tyler Beck he 'd been hit by a truck . |
| 27 | He 'd been hit by a car three weeks before , and he had a broken arm and pelvis . |
| 28 | Hugh was not an absolutely brilliant solicitor but he knew when he 'd been out-manoeuvred by a ruthless opponent . |
| 29 | ‘ I think he 'd been fascinated by the wooden leg banging on the floor . |
| 30 | He 'd gone and been impressed with what he 'd been told by the visiting medium , though he was n't convinced . |