Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly the Whitley was entirely surrounded by strange aircraft I learned later after much research that they were Fairey Foxes ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I am surrounded by selfish bastards I thought were my friends , ’ I say , slapping my forehead with the hand holding the J and almost setting my hair alight . |
| 3 | As he groggily came round he found himself surrounded by three youths he thought were trying to help him . |
| 4 | If young kittens were caught by local people they were said to become tame very quickly . |
| 5 | Geneticists and sociobiologists are only interested in kinship of the biological sort so when they dip into monographs written by social anthropologists they are predisposed to imagine that the anthropologists ' references to " kinship " are to biological kinship . |
| 6 | As some of the various meetings , especially the progress meetings , are likely to be attended by all parties it is necessary to arrange for the booking of boardrooms and associated facilities as early as possible as the availability of rooms of sufficient size will be restricted . |
| 7 | Though separated by several generations it showed strongly . |
| 8 | … I am moved by those cadences I find in Ivy . |
| 9 | The main criticisms made by most people I spoke to who had experience of prison food concerned not its quantity but its quality . |
| 10 | If you are hoping that your proposals will be adopted by senior management you will need to ensure that your report anticipates their possible reactions . |
| 11 | Seen by romantic eyes it is the epitome of the nobility of nature , but what is the truth of the situation ? |
| 12 | On this basis , it is hard to see what , if anything , a separate category of unlawful means conspiracy adds to the law and while not perhaps strictly abolished by judicial fiat it may be expected to fade away . |
| 13 | Disgruntled Conservative agriculturalists and imperialists resented Bonar Law 's dropping of the ‘ food taxes ’ in the winter of 1912–13 , and although he survived the initial furore sparked by this decision it was not clear that the ill feeling had been fully dissipated or his leadership wholly secured . |
| 14 | Made the more appealing , perhaps , by alcohol and half-light , she was nonetheless beautiful , her elfin face crossed by a touching sadness , her brow furrowed by some longing she could not define . |
| 15 | When Putnam and Buchsbaum analysed the waveforms produced by each personality it seemed they were examining 60 people , instead of 20 . |
| 16 | In the case of the evidence produced by informal interviews we , the readers , are rather in the position of hearing a case put by only one counsel and not the other . |
| 17 | This man , if without great genius , saw at a glance the effect which would be produced by any opéra you showed him . |
| 18 | I have already been given several different figures , and was told by one person I could have 50 × 12″ fish because I have a good filter . |
| 19 | We were told by one dealer we might have to write to Italy to get this particular part . |
| 20 | Like a small child being told by stern parent she picked up the drink and tossed it back at a gulp . |
| 21 | The main thesis of the existentialist approach is that in order to elucidate the full significance of ontological claims conveyed by existential propositions we ought to begin by focusing attention upon the one for whom the " problem of existence " presents itself in the first instance as a problem of his own existence . |
| 22 | I. Lastly , if use-values which do embody surplus-value are used by unproductive workers they can not be productive of further surplus-value , even though the material form makes them suitable as capital . |
| 23 | Helped by some workmen she tried again and this time reached the Wouldham side . |
| 24 | The cost of a new one of these could n't be offset by this contract you are working on or the next , come to that . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I will take you back to the cage … and in the morning I will give the order that you are to be called by any name you want . ’ |
| 26 | Substances whose concentrations are not affected by biological activity you 'll often see described as bio-unlimited compounds so you might come across that in your reading . |
| 27 | She had to think this out very carefully , because the rest of her life was going to be affected by any decisions she made today . |
| 28 | This conclusion should not be affected by any view we take about whether the use of memory constitutes a re-examination of the original sensation or a mere inspection of how that sensation now seems to us to have been . |
| 29 | Reduced by that process he fell back into the void , the shrieking loneliness of the proud ego . |
| 30 | The vision proclaimed by Paul in his Letter to the Galatians is totally undermined by moral dualisms he never even envisaged . |