Example sentences of "by [Wh adv] [adv] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat back , his eyes narrowed , staring at the boy , surprised by how well he 'd played . |
| 2 | She was surprised by how well he danced , but suspected that Mick did most things well . |
| 3 | He broke the engagement , stunned by how easily he 'd been duped by her . |
| 4 | Making allowances for variations in people 's familiarity with each type of credit ( judged by how often they applied any labels to each type ) , some types of credit were labelled as expensive much more than other types . |
| 5 | I was surprised by how quickly he agreed to the meeting , as though he had some sort of obligation towards me . |
| 6 | Which mountains was another question , but they were not so very far from the coast , to judge by how long it had taken to drive here from whatever port they had arrived in . |