Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As trade increased she was joined by the GLENALBYN and the MARTELLO , the latter being the first iron paddle steamer owned by the company . |
| 2 | Ms Foster put forward the idea of a similar investigation for plant and animal biotechnology because she was troubled by the unnecessary secrecy and seeming insensitivity of government departments to issues other than the narrow technical one of safety . |
| 3 | She was troubled by the contrast between Edwin Frere , ice-dancer , and this submissive comforter . |
| 4 | She found no sexual pleasure in going to bed with strangers , but , in contrast with the rest of her week , she was comforted by the feeling of being thought desirable , of having someone 's arms around her , of warm cuddling beneath the quilt . |
| 5 | Soon she was recognised by the group as their specialist on facts and figures and formal press officer . |
| 6 | She was beset by the realization that she desired nothing more than to go to the Hall as Anne Mowbray 's companion . |
| 7 | She was accepted by the polytechnic a year later . |
| 8 | Dr Higgs , now a consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead , said she was heartened by the number of support groups springing up to help victims of child abuse . |
| 9 | She was rewarded by the pleasure which suffused Jacob 's face . |
| 10 | These swims were mainly in municipal baths , and she was supported by the community singing of the hundreds of people who came to see her perform . |
| 11 | For thirty days and nights she did not sleep , and throughout she was supported by the bird , who sang to her as well to rally her spirits — and to keep her awake . |
| 12 | She was supported by the parents of Lance Bombardier Stephen Cummins as the gun carriage bearing his body moved through Porchester near Portsmouth . |
| 13 | She stopped a few feet away , so that she was hidden by the curtains , and fixed her gaze unblinkingly on the long black Mercedes that was heading sedately up the driveway . |
| 14 | At dawn , in the lull when even the snipers seem to sleep , Marina was dreaming of death when she was awoken by the screams of a 23-year-old woman , Ziba Islamovic . |
| 15 | And then , as the pale light of morning crept in through the window , she was awoken by the feel of his mouth on her breasts . |
| 16 | She hated the idea of it , but she was spurred by the thought of Amy and by the phone call from Gilbert Racy . |
| 17 | Rourke was watching her , and she was disturbed by the uncanny perception lurking in the blue gaze . |
| 18 | Presently , she was alerted by the sound of hushed male voices in the yard below . |
| 19 | These were small details now , swallowed up in the joy of knowing that she was loved by the man she had loved silently for so long . |
| 20 | Born in Chongqing in 1946 , the daughter of a revolutionary martyr , she was adopted by the family of Ye Jianying , one of the famous 10 marshals of the People 's Liberation Army . |
| 21 | For a few seconds she was transfixed by the speed of his action and the total unexpectedness of his assault plus a shocked awareness that she was more mentally revolted by his action than she was physically . |
| 22 | She peered through the glass door , half inclined to look for Dana in the bigger stores , when she was riveted by the sight of her twin appearing from behind a curtain . |
| 23 | His grip firmed on her shoulders , and she was shaken by the feeling of warm strength that seemed to pour into her as he lowered his head to kiss her again . |
| 24 | She was leaning by the window , watching the first clouds creeping up from the horizon to challenge the sun , when the door opened . |
| 25 | The work in setting up sanctuaries for threatened chimps began when she was asked by the American ambassador in Burundi to design a conservation plan . |
| 26 | Yet , when she was asked by the coroner to step into the witness-box , she seemed to take a grip on herself , drawing on some inner strength . |
| 27 | She was asked by The People 's QC George Carman : ‘ Is it right to say you saw more of Mr David Mellor than of him and his wife together ? ’ |
| 28 | Trusty was very serious , which impressed the Brownies very much , for Miss Truscott , or ‘ Trusty ’ , as she was called by the Pack , was a young Guider and usually very gay and jolly . |
| 29 | She was entranced by the shimmering purity of the snow , drawn by it , yet faintly intimidated at the same time , aware of her own lack of importance in the face of all this glory . |
| 30 | It had been over a year since Katherine had seen him and again she was struck by the magnetism of those coal dark eyes , the indolence of his gestures as he took her hand and playfully brought it to his lips . |