Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marius and I were chosen by the rest of the group to finish off punishing him . |
| 2 | A few years back I was invited by the Church of England to be an ecumenical guest at a consultation , held at Ely , on the charismatic renewal movement . |
| 3 | I was invited by the owners of a struggling estate in Bardez province to look around their 300-year-old house . |
| 4 | Because I must have been noticed , I was invited by the families to play in mixed doubles . |
| 5 | After the shock , I was warmed by the idea that the visitor was Jesus or an angel , and then terrified by the thought that it was an omen of my death . |
| 6 | The SPAR system was developed at Cambridge University Computer Laboratory while I was supported by the British Library and King 's College , Cambridge . |
| 7 | I was grabbed by the lapels of my dressing gown and pinned against the wall . |
| 8 | And I was inspired by the size of the contribution they were clearly destined to make . |
| 9 | I did n't buy any masks , but I was tempted by the matching two-foot-high figurines of King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya . |
| 10 | If ever I was tempted by the seductive stasis of an eidetic image , I punctured its reflecting skin with a dart and tore it away to reveal the structure of habit below . |
| 11 | I had no idea how much there was in there , but I reckoned it was probably what I was owed by the Scamp family plus a few expenses . |
| 12 | Pangs of conscience , and ache of loneliness apart , I found that I was stimulated by the challenge of finding my way about this great and beautiful city , and by having to communicate — to try to speak French quickly enough to make actual conversation possible . |
| 13 | I was lingering near the assembled bottles , wondering who on earth could have brought the Bourgueil , when I was joined by the man I had seen stepping out of the BMW . |
| 14 | The cast was rather good , featuring Bill Nighy and his floppy blond hair and a very svelte-looking Charlotte Cornwell , though I was irritated by the unsympathetic little-and-large duo at the centre , with Janet McTeer towering above the tubby little Imelda Staunton ( as I recall , the heroine of the book hunted alone ) . |
| 15 | The rally I went to in Leicester in 1987 was neither so gross nor so damaging , but as a reasonably sympathetic onlooker , I was irritated by the frantic urgency and the artificial and inflated mood of tension , good for nobody 's judgment . |
| 16 | I was moved by the peace of him , the innocence of his head , the warm coil of his drugged limbs . |
| 17 | I was moved by the account , seeing resemblances between the experience of these women , dead many thousands of years before , and women alive now who weep over men whose love they think is dead but try to revive with their tears . |
| 18 | She thought I was moved by the kindness of the malais ! |
| 19 | Soon I was converted by the precision and subtlety , and saw that she wrote better than anyone else . |
| 20 | Anticipating the harsh lighting in our room , Leslie had brought with him some candles , and I was touched by the romantic tenderness of the gesture . |
| 21 | I was touched by the good wishes of the crew when I went ashore . |
| 22 | Where a driver says ‘ I was blinded by the sun ’ or ‘ There was a patch of fog ’ or ‘ The road was covered with black ice ’ , he should have stopped , reduced his speed or driven at a speed which was safe . |
| 23 | After that I was blacked by the quality schools , but I soon landed a job for the rest of the year with a cowboy outfit in Italy who needed a replacement teacher in a hurry . |
| 24 | That evening while I was strolling by the sea , I felt some small twinge of sadness that I could not possess such physical belongings . |
| 25 | ‘ I was flattered by the idea . |
| 26 | The upshot was that I was summoned by the university authorities and told that I was to be allowed to continue my studies but only under certain stringent conditions . |
| 27 | I was warned by the party and did n't return to the house . " |
| 28 | Upon awakening , I was stirred by the muted chug and hum of the neighbour 's Cadillac . |
| 29 | It was impossible to evaluate my effectiveness as a role model , facilitator and practical teacher in terms of the time involved , but I was reassured by the fact I had spent 10 per cent of my time formally teaching students — although some nurses would rather spend this time at the bedside . |
| 30 | Yet I was reassured by the very vapidity of these doctors or joggers or bodybuilders , these vigour-experts — something to do with their unsmiling pursuit of the good life . |