Example sentences of "[adv] hemmed in by " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt utterly hemmed in by the panelled walls adorned with religious pictures , crucifixes , statues and ornate candlesticks . |
| 2 | Entering St Jude 's Passage — her most direct approach to St Jude 's Square and the old market place which would lead her to Miss Dallam 's side of Frizingley — Cara was at once hemmed in by tall houses as sinister and insubstantial as shadows , tottering almost beneath a weight of sheer dilapidation and the load of displaced humanity they carried . |
| 3 | But the main force of transports , along with the fleet intended to escort it , was still hemmed in by Hawkes 's blockade . |
| 4 | Further upstream , now hemmed in by the Newent bypass and the sewage works , almost cowering under the bypass bridge , in Cleeve Mill lane , stands Cleeve Mill . |
| 5 | Grégoire was now hemmed in by the tiny precarious wine table . |
| 6 | And that something is nothing more than their inward consciousness , heavily hemmed in by their subtle and instinctive mental processes . |
| 7 | Sex within one 's own class was too hemmed in by respect and propriety . |