Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [vb past] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The United defence was caught flat footed by the free kick and Cross was simply too strong ; too determined to be stopped . |
| 2 | Certainly , he can not possibly have felt seriously menaced by rumours of a mystical or spiritual figure — a prophet or a teacher of the kind in which the Holy Land at the time abounded . |
| 3 | ‘ In the circumstances , although I could have wished he 'd delayed his visit another hour or so , the edge of my temper had become somewhat dulled by recent events . |
| 4 | Some researchers had become so daunted by the devious nature of the virus , which can hide within the cells of the body , that they felt a vaccine would be impossible . |
| 5 | In some areas of Britain local voluntary organizations , or perhaps one of the arms of the public sector services , have become so disheartened by the lack of commitment and enthusiasm on the part of local psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses for developing a new style of service away from their traditional hospital base that they have decided to go ahead and develop a new service without any support from the consultants and hospital staff . |
| 6 | Staff in such hospitals have become increasingly demoralized by criticism and standards have easily declined as a result . |
| 7 | And so if we look at what happened generally between nineteen seventy eight and nineteen eighty two the general picture is that the number of total holidays taken actually fell by three percent . |
| 8 | I think the idea of taking a fox and having it ripped apart legitimized by our society is a bad message to pass onto our children ! |
| 9 | He said that all he had done was run how he knew best and that he had kept totally relaxed by not bothering about anybody else . |