Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no-one by the lakeside : the wind cuffed the water lightly and took the murmurs of the crowd behind her yet further away . |
| 2 | There was something by the shady side of the wardrobe that made a noise . |
| 3 | There was one by the newsstand sometimes , scraping at a violin , but he had a tough time competing with the unofficial buskers who had loud guitars and stronger voices . |
| 4 | So , er , what the description was there by the way , it 's not meant to be a description of the person . |
| 5 | But so seized was he by the divine knowledge , so ‘ evangelistically ’ fixed with its potency , that his exploits on its behalf quickly created his legend . |
| 6 | Aristos of Salamis in Cyprus , who probably lived in the middle of the third century B.C. , is said by Arrian ( 7.15.5 ) to have been one of the two historians who not only spoke of an embassy of the Romans to Alexander the Great , but made Alexander prophesy the future greatness of Rome , so impressed was he by the envoys . |