Example sentences of "by what was [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have lived through a long nightmare and am shattered by what was done to me . |
| 2 | The duration of this period was determined by what was understood to be the minimum length of time that an unemployed person would have to work In order to reopen rights to unemployment benefits . |
| 3 | It had been taken by a pilot who was shocked out of his atheism and into the Church by what was revealed to him in his darkroom . |
| 4 | True Londoners were sobered up by what was happening to their town , but young fellows , sometimes coming from as far as California , felt very lost and lonely , and sometimes escaped via the bottle . |
| 5 | But he was horrified by what was happening to his country . |
| 6 | He went to see a young clergyman , seized by what was thought to be a dangerous illness : |
| 7 | He was laid low by what was thought to be a stomach bug during the club 's trip to Norway last week . |