Example sentences of "attached to [pers pn] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were still there , attached to her by unbreakable strings , but at least they retreated enough for her to have a breathing-space in which to resolve them . |
| 2 | On his fret were huge lead boots with metal straps and weights attached to them by rusty nuts and bolts . |
| 3 | With alarming speed a large moth dashed at the candle , repeatedly and frantically , as if attached to it by elastic cord . |
| 4 | In Britain it is doubtful whether the personal accountability of an MP seeking reelection has anything like the importance attached to it by some theorists . |
| 5 | One immediate difficulty is that the weight attached to it by different historians has varied enormously . |