Example sentences of "to be [verb] in by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paula , 35 , did n't allow herself to be hemmed in by the dearth of mini-skirts on offer at the show in the Victoria and Albert museum . |
| 2 | But this theory begs a question : if the score was copied for a revival , or indeed after it , why was it done in haste , and — even more to the point — why were there blanks which had to be filled in by the composer ? |
| 3 | He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . |
| 4 | Erm , I like it there to be filled in by the managers older by about two years or so . |
| 5 | ‘ Arrange for Kirov to be pulled in by the KGB . |
| 6 | They consumed a prodigious amount of fuel , logs which had to be carted in by the barrow-load , stacked to dry , and fed frequently into the ravenous , red-hot maw of the burner . |
| 7 | Unlike the fully suspended sentence which had become popular , in some ways too popular with the initial enthusiasm of the courts having to be reined in by the Court of Appeal , the partly suspended sentence never caught on . |
| 8 | It will be interesting to see whether Japanese management practices likely to be brought in by the new top management will work in an environment where aggressive individual success , rather than collaborative teamwork has been the norm . |
| 9 | What a complete condemnation of the Thatcherite policies that were attempted to be brought in by the controlling group opposite . |
| 10 | Under new proposals expected to be brought in by the IAAF , starters are likely to lose their power as the final judges of what is a false start . |
| 11 | She was such a level-headed , dynamic person ; and to be taken in by a scut like him . ’ |
| 12 | Perhaps she was being a complete fool helping Craig Grenfell , was she allowing herself to be taken in by the first handsome man to come into her life ? |
| 13 | There was to be no all-powerful central state apparatus , and political leaders were to be given no blank cheques ; on the contrary , they were to be hedged in by a complex , decentralized and fragmented system designed to prevent any one leader or group of leaders from becoming excessively powerful . |
| 14 | Many children are quite happy to run , push , pull , ride and climb , but when an adult is standing by , ready to help , she is sure to be drawn in by the children as in the following example . |