Example sentences of "i was [verb] by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could be made in either double jacquard or Fair Isle and I was inspired by a sweater in very subtle colours worn by Iris Bishop ( not for once , one of her own creations ! ) . |
| 2 | One night I was joined by a visitor to Seend , anxious to be of help , Colonel Faithorne , who was some relation of the Bishop of Bath and Wells , and who showed intellectual interests , including a knowledge of Eliot , which I was not to meet again in a soldier until I made the acquaintance in 1974 of my late father-in-law . |
| 3 | When I was hit by a drunk driver in 1980 , crossing the road in Los Angeles . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ My insurance company will never believe I was hit by a flying cow . ’ |
| 5 | The position is , of course , quite different if the witness knows the person concerned well enough to say : ‘ I was hit by a man I know well and whose name is Jack Spratt . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The second occasion , of course , was when I was hit by a car in Monte Carlo on my third visit there … let me see , yes , it would have been twenty-seven years ago , three days before Christmas . |
| 7 | Before I could examine them , I was buffeted by a gust of wind and rain . |
| 8 | I had hoped to slip in unnoticed but , almost as soon as I booked in the hotel , I was isolated by a dusk to dawn curfew . |
| 9 | It often works , though once in London when I so far forgot myself as to try this ploy , I was rewarded by a grimace of fascinating sarcasm ! |
| 10 | As I drew nearer , however , I was nagged by a feeling which was soon confirmed . |
| 11 | I saw one forlorn notice saying " Sergeants ' Mess " , and was about to explore the rest of the camp when I was stopped by a shout . |
| 12 | ‘ I was stopped by a catch fence at the field which undoubtedly saved me . ’ |
| 13 | Trying to get in the ground the right way , I was stopped by a riot policeman 's shield and shouted at in Dutch : only the fact that I could reply in Dutch saved a potentially ugly misunderstanding . |
| 14 | I was assured by a friendly female voice that I would have no competition for the job . |
| 15 | For some time I was baffled by a sentence in his argument that the theoretical removal of the authority of the author by the critic , Stanley Fish , has no way of dealing with misprints : ‘ His book happens to be full of misprints . |
| 16 | I was taught by a series of governesses . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't worry , ’ I said , ‘ I was taught by a Balliol man . ’ |
| 18 | I was a railway porter 's son and I was discovered by a man who had a discovery show just like Opportunity Knocks . |
| 19 | But I was also terrified of the geese because of a childhood experience — I was chased by a flock and the memory always stayed with me . |
| 20 | Down by the bus station I was followed by a gang of youths chanting ‘ Puff , the Magic Dragon ’ . |
| 21 | Halfway through the film broke , the houselights came up , and I was accosted by a wino . |
| 22 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware , for example , that when my wife and I were strolling along Blackpool promenade during the recent summer , I was accosted by a Territorial Army recruiting sergeant and put under enormous pressure to join the TA ? |
| 23 | Later I was questioned by a journalist as to how I would reply to those who spoke of lack of respect in the way Nigel 's body was handled during the twenty-four hours after his death . |
| 24 | After fifteen minutes on the Metro to Nevski Prospect I was met by a teeming downpour , heavy enough to keep me holed up under cover until ten minutes before the performance was due to start , and with the hall some hundreds of yards away along a back-street . |
| 25 | At the barrier at Gatwick , I was met by a friendly policeman who told me that the injuries were not as bad as had at first been thought , and that none of my family was in danger — news which immediately reduced me to tears . |
| 26 | Cold and tired , I was met by a colleague who showed me to my hotel where , later , I slept long and sound . |
| 27 | I was met by a very respectful group of Gordon Highlanders when I visted Aberdeen recently , when I said that I would have been on the line as well had I been in their position . |
| 28 | I was met by a slow but very solid resistance moving down the far bank . |
| 29 | Only a week later I was noticed by a scout and engaged for a pantomime in Manchester , to play the Princess in Jack and the Beanstalk . |
| 30 | Half a mile along the road , however , I was diverted by a nature-trail which wound up the side of a hill and promised a fine view . |