Example sentences of "was [verb] by [Wh det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was devastated by what the letter said because I never , never used steroids . |
| 2 | Therefore at the Jamaica Conference of the IMF in January 1976 a second amendment to the articles of agreement ( the first amendment being the introduction of SDRs ) was made by which the system of floating exchange rates was legalized . |
| 3 | But good old butter was replaced by what the label described as ‘ vegetable and animal fat ’ . |
| 4 | Suddenly a mechanism was provided by which the brain ( which may or may not be considered in some way related to the mind ) could intrude on the elementary processes of message reception and transmission . |
| 5 | Evidence from Brean Down , Somerset , is not so clear , but there were drastic changes , and evidence of demolition was followed by what the excavator , A. M. ApSimon , depicts as ‘ squatter occupation ’ . |
| 6 | Her heart was touched by what the duchess had offered her and by what had been asked of herself in return . |
| 7 | He was deposed by what the Western Church regards as the 8th Ecumenical Council . |