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> 会社の同僚に彼女とのデートを目撃されてきまりが悪かった

I tried to translate this : i feel awkward because i was witnessed by my
coworker friend dating her に here means by? Is this true?
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This is a passive sentence inside of an expression of the emotion felt by the
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> 会社の同僚に彼女とのデートを目撃されてきまりが悪かった

So we've got ... きまり悪かった as the main verb of the sentence and means "was
embarrassed." The unspoken subject is the person making the sentence = "I"

> `I was embarrassed ...`

So now we can turn to the part inside:

> 会社の同僚に彼女とのデートを目撃されて

First let's think about that verb:

  * 目撃する = to witness 
  * 目撃された = to be witnessed (to be seen) 

Filled out:

```

    XにAを目撃された
    
```

= Subject was seen by X doing A.

In this case X = 会社の同僚 (coworker) A = 彼女とのデート (being on a date with my
girlfriend).

> [I] was seen on a date with my girlfriend by my coworker.

Add back the main verb

> I was embarrassed when I was seen by a coworker while I was on a date with
> my girlfriend.

(I've picked "girlfriend" but it's also possible to just have "her" in this
context).
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