Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She became frightened by the effects . |
| 2 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 3 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 4 | Though lithographs by Minton are few in number , he became fascinated by the medium , and on 24 November 1948 took part in a Third Programme broadcast on the subject , timed to coincide with the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition , ‘ 150 Years of Lithography ’ . |
| 5 | As a boy , encouraged by my mother , I became fascinated by the mass of mostly unsorted papers lying in the cellars at Plas Newydd . |
| 6 | We did n't see any whales , sharks , or polar bears underwater , but I became fascinated by the cast of characters which made up the food chain in these waters . |
| 7 | Became fascinated by the pattern as they wheeled and changed direction . |
| 8 | Those condemned to lose soon became irritated by the game ; and to the extent that the winners enjoyed the game , they ceased acting in a comradely spirit . |
| 9 | US dollars thus became owned by the exporters to the US . |
| 10 | But a handful became captivated by the vision of an all-cleansing revolution . |
| 11 | I have seen a couple of determined ones peck the leg off their defeated adversary , but most were unable , or did n't think of it , and got caught by the rats during the night . |
| 12 | Only it went wrong and I got caught by the Russians . |
| 13 | Well again er I would say conditions were were terrible as far as I was concerned , er a as far as tea breaks and what have you were concerned , you did n't have any what we would call official tea breaks , you simply took your chances and made a cup of tea and hid behind a bulkhead or whatever to drink this , er if you got caught by the foreman or the manager or somebody , then you were more or less bagged on the spot . |
| 14 | Some of the marooned passengers were less confident , and became unnerved by the uncertainties , the delay , the heat . |
| 15 | In the by-elections , I rapidly became disillusioned by the men who not only ended up taking credit for the Group 's existence but who also displayed a total lack of understanding about issues affecting Asian women in Britain . |
| 16 | So far as the present case is concerned , both the failure to serve Form N79 upon the respondent for 13 days and the failure to attach to it the schedule containing the facts found proved by the court are , in my judgment , fatal to the legality of this order , and the appeal should be allowed and the respondent discharged from custody . |
| 17 | It was in Kashmir that Apollonius of Tyana , a Pythagorean philosopher , became instructed by the Nagas and completed his initiation into the mysteries . |
| 18 | It seems she let him run wild while she got on with her business — hate to think what that was — and he got nabbed by the police . |
| 19 | However Mr Earnshaw insisted , and little by little the boy became accepted by the family . |
| 20 | The use of these names became accepted by the recipient for most were not used derisively but became natural names . |
| 21 | I did a correspondence course in economics and commercial law , then got accepted by the Bank as a general trainee . |
| 22 | Benjamin seemed fascinated by the edge of the forest , saying he was sure he had glimpsed figures slipping in and out of the trees . |
| 23 | Bernice , the Doctor 's rather overbearing friend , seemed fascinated by the paintings on the walls . |
| 24 | At one stage of his tour of the camp at Caister-on-Sea , the prince pinned a badge proclaiming ‘ Charlie Says Rave On ’ to his lapel , and seemed fascinated by the idea of all-night rave parties . |
| 25 | He seemed fascinated by the details of Robert 's conversion . |
| 26 | This area — even if he had been a total stranger to the city , and know nothing of its history , would have immediately advertised itself as the red-light district — even the very air seemed tainted by the smells of cheap perfume and sex . |
| 27 | To European eyes United States communications policy seemed dominated by the Department of Defense . |
| 28 | They consistently held the initiative but seemed overwhelmed by the vision of victory and , when they twice had it in their grasp , they froze . |
| 29 | The Tory paternalists of the 1950s seemed dated by the time of the Heath government in 1970–4 . |
| 30 | Zack seemed pacified by the thought that there was someone with nerves more ragged than his own . |