Example sentences of "[verb] to me by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Idealised versions of life in the USA , for example , were often presented to me by young people who had watched many films and television programmes , as well as talking with foreigners . |
| 2 | 1991 , 27 1042 ) , prompted a childhood memory and sent me rummaging at the top of the house for 300 Things a bright boy can do , a book presented to me by some relative ca 1928 . |
| 3 | Certainly I have had it said to me by grieving , often very elderly , people : ‘ There 's nothing left for me now , I just want to be with my husband . |
| 4 | In terms of the economic activity projections , as a result of representations made to me by one of Professor Lock 's colleagues , that was one of the main reasons I increased the assumptions on the eco economic activity based projection , to increase B one office relocations to a a far higher degree percentage than previously . |
| 5 | But I have here a list of names supplied to me by General Friant . |
| 6 | A story was told to me by one of these old beer runners . |
| 7 | A rough-coated collie called Tip , he was offered to me by some relatives down the dale whilst I still had Chip . |
| 8 | What Pausanias actually says is that Hegetorides , the xenos in question , ‘ is bound to me by closer ties of friendship than anyone else in that part of the world ’ . |
| 9 | Maybe the wee dram given to me by one of the Sergeant instructors kept out the cold . |
| 10 | I understand that all these come within the definition of ‘ highway lighting ’ as opposed to ‘ footway lighting ’ as given to me by one of your officers and are therefore the responsibility of Lancashire County Council . |
| 11 | I understand that all these come within the definition of ‘ highway lighting ’ as opposed to ‘ footway lighting ’ as given to me by one of your officers and are therefore the responsibility of Lancashire County Council . |
| 12 | ‘ Given to me by one of the Sunday newspapers which chose to run a feature on my business interests . ’ |
| 13 | I will carry out any order given to me by such an illustrious coroner of the city . ’ |
| 14 | I understand from the figures given to me by British Coal that more than 1,600 men are employed in private mines . |
| 15 | I have also had it explained to me by other feminists campaigning for equality of treatment of wives under social security laws , that their concern was only with the wives of claimants , not of company directors — thus accepting the DHSS principle that wives should be means tested on their husbands ' resources , regardless of the extent of their access to them . |
| 16 | The lack of good results is here explained by faulty equipment ( an explanation also offered to me by other students ) ; however , students gain higher marks for lab work if the results are ‘ correct ’ than if they are wrong but adequately accounted for : |
| 17 | Despite that , I managed to speak 322 words in the time left to me by Labour Members and Ministers . |
| 18 | I 've had newspaper cutting sent to me by other people . |
| 19 | Both these opinions were repeated to me by many people and both seemed likely to be true . |