Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] in by " in BNC.
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| 1 | I persuaded a friend of mine to visit the summit one evening and he was so taken in by the view that he stepped back from the trig point and disappeared over the edge of the crag that crowns the top . |
| 2 | Hall 's penalty was finally knocked in by Owen Pickard … |
| 3 | Hall 's penalty was finally knocked in by Owen Pickard … |
| 4 | The point , though , is not that his poetry exceeds the truth but that it fails to keep up with the truth , since it can not fully express the Friend 's merits : No one was ever taken in by Shakespeare 's disclaimers of ability , and few people will imagine that , whoever the Friend was — if indeed there was a real-life Friend — Shakespeare has failed to do justice to him ; if anything , rather the opposite . |
| 5 | But the main force of transports , along with the fleet intended to escort it , was still hemmed in by Hawkes 's blockade . |
| 6 | News of the Romans and the pending invasion was probably brought in by the merchants . |
| 7 | The Council of Ministers ( members of which had been proposed in December 1989 — see p. 37116 ) was also sworn in by the new Chief Justice , Hans Berker . |
| 8 | They should be reminded that the major investors coming into Ogwr borough , and Bridgend in particular , were Ford of Bridgend , which was brought in under Jim Callaghan 's Labour Government , and the Japanese company , Sony , which was also brought in by a Labour Government . |
| 9 | Both the car and the trailer were badly damaged , but because the glider was securely held in by the fittings , it survived the trailer going over on to its side without damage . |
| 10 | Grégoire was now hemmed in by the tiny precarious wine table . |
| 11 | Vice-President Itamar Franco , who had been acting President since Collor 's suspension in September , was immediately sworn in by a joint session of the Congress as President for the remaining two years of the five-year presidential term . |
| 12 | He was sometimes taken in by unscrupulous petitioners . |
| 13 | He was then reeled in by the Frenchman , a three-times champion who now has a record 48 victories to his name while Hill has raced in only nine Grands Prix . |
| 14 | He was then taken in by a Lutheran pastor in Lobetal north of Berlin but moved to a government guest house in late March because of local opposition to his presence . |
| 15 | Davenport 's low cross was almost turned in by Rush and Byrne in turn before falling to Bennett , a substitute , who blazed the ball wildly off target . |
| 16 | And for a moment Folly was almost taken in by his quiet confidence . |
| 17 | James Lowther , creative director and deputy chairman at Saatchi and Saatchi , was quietly drafted in by Conservative Central Office over the weekend to spice up the closing stages of John Major 's campaign . |
| 18 | Sex within one 's own class was too hemmed in by respect and propriety . |