Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a team meeting on the night before the Bombay Test , tour skipper Gower soft-talked his team into playing even though several were upset by the no-nonsense attitude of manager Tony Brown , who angrily offered to send home anyone who disagreed . |
| 2 | More specifically , it was the daughters , as opposed to spouse carers , who were upset by the reduced social contact . |
| 3 | Majerus , O'Donald , and Weir , for instance , were interested by the genetical control of mate selection in ladybirds . |
| 4 | In the middle of this , Boy switched to a documentary made by a group of prostitutes which showed married men sitting nervously on the edges of beds in hotel rooms , sitting on neatly flowered bedspreads and having difficulty ( they were embarrassed by the female camera crew ) saying exactly what it was that they wanted to do for their thirty pounds . |
| 5 | Here , in the Rose & Thistle Inn , in this prosperous trading-post that was the last port-of-call for traffic from Sydney , Mrs Gould 's journal reports a return to the familiar routine : ‘ employed all day making drawings ’ ( 24 September ) ; ‘ drawing all day ’ ; ‘ drew all day ’ ; while her labours were relieved by the occasional walk with her husband in the cool air of the early morning or evening : |
| 6 | Church sources in Leipzig were delighted by the extraordinary joint declaration of three local party secretaries and the city 's director of music , Kurt Masur . |
| 7 | The girl and her boyfriend were delighted by the new arrangement and they continued their happy sex life until a few months later when the mother announced that she was pregnant . |
| 8 | So we were delighted by the interested response of visitors . |
| 9 | For those who were dismayed by the threatened collapse of the ruling class in central and eastern Europe and the rise of the Labour party and extension of the franchise in Britain , anti-semitic conspiracy theories of history , particularly as outlined in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion , were to gain a momentary influence in polite society before returning to the political underworld . |
| 10 | Most young readers , and I was one of them , were bored by the seeming ponderousness of so much of the narration and probably gave up too soon to grasp the understanding of the American Indian mind it offers and the rapport that can be achieved with an understanding white man , here the legendary ‘ Hawkeye ’ . |
| 11 | Neighbours were alarmed by the early morning gun attack . |
| 12 | Even nobles who had at one time covertly recommended such a union were alarmed by the unseemly haste , and realized that in any case the tide of national opinion was against the match . |
| 13 | They were alarmed by the high turnover of dealers . |
| 14 | Our trip had been timed to coincide with nesting , although the birds were confused by the late spring and many had not yet started to build . |
| 15 | members were confused by the sheer volume of the SOED materials . |
| 16 | Visitors were intrigued by the live specimens , marionettes and innovations such as the Mouse Alert and the mini bubble . |
| 17 | Richard Poulsen , the new president of Digital Europe , commented ‘ We were impressed by the ACRI system architecture design and the outstanding quality of its international team . |
| 18 | They were impressed by the eco-friendly solvent spinning operation , which starts with harvested woodpulp and uses chemicals which can be totally recycled . |
| 19 | Rather , many contemporaries were impressed by the growing capacity of some at least of the working class to practice self- and mutual-help and they sought ways of encouraging its further development . |
| 20 | Pat McKenzie , Lending Services VISCOUNT Officer , said : ‘ Most people who attended the demonstrations were impressed by the potential benefits for their libraries and for their users , and felt that the system would be easy to operate ’ . |
| 21 | English delegates were puzzled by the Dutch translators constant references to frozen sailors , until they realised they meant ‘ frozen semen ’ . ) |
| 22 | You two girls went to an American school for a while and were puzzled by the American accent . |
| 23 | Rehearsals were complicated by the limited availability of some members of the cast and the limited technique of others . |
| 24 | In one tirade of this kind — by no means his most bitter — he denounced those English intellectuals who ‘ skulked in lecture rooms ’ during the First World War to avoid the rigours of battle , and who were unmoved by the German execution of an English heroine like Nurse Edith Cavell . |
| 25 | Like their Republican successors in the 1930's , the agrarian reformers of Charles III 's reign were obsessed by the violent social situation and the agrarian unemployment on the great latifundia and dehesas ( scrub pasture ) of Andalusia and Estremadura . |
| 26 | A Chinese victory had been widely expected , and many Westerners were shocked by the apparent totality of Japan 's triumph . |
| 27 | ‘ We were shocked by the ethical immaturity of the board members , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 28 | THE Bradford Catholic Players were shocked by the sudden death of Michael Carroll , a past President , on October 25th . |
| 29 | In the spring the regional heats were held and as in previous years our expert judges were pleased by the excellent standards . |
| 30 | Sally and Jake Colborne are passionate about old buildings , so they were undaunted by the huge amount of work needed to restore their handsome Cotswold country house to its former glory . |