Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is equally clear that some directors have privately expressed fears that , given the crudeness with which the 1993–4 budget trends will have been constructed , severe cash shortages could affect them by September . |
| 2 | In practice , almost any useful algorithm incorporates aspects of both approaches , but for the moment , we shall explain them by emphasising their differences . |
| 3 | In the first place , I always threatened the orchestra that if they played too loudly I would simply lower them by ten centimetres ; and if they continued , then by the end of the first act they would be in the dungeon . |
| 4 | Do n't imagine you can flatter me by telling me I 'm not really a feminist , because I am , and I find your denials extremely insulting . ’ |
| 5 | She would occasionally reward Thatcherite newspapers , such as the Express , with a gracious , unrevealing interview ; on television , Sir Robin Day and Brian Walden would flatter her by pretending to be tough , and she would flatter them by pretending they were . |
| 6 | I venture to write and enquire if you would oblige me by calling at this Officer , at some time convenient to yourself : I am not at liberty to offer any further information at this juncture , but I think I may say that our meeting will be to your advantage . |
| 7 | But if that 's not always possible you can now buy them by mail order from HealthMail . |
| 8 | You can also recognise them by the round yellow bill patch . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't like to tell people , ’ she laughs , ‘ but I can recognise them by their smell . |
| 10 | If you 've been to any of the major house parties , you 'd know them by sight , if not by name . |
| 11 | I think they 'll know me by now . |
| 12 | This creates the dilemma illustrated in the project discussed above , of appearing to meet local needs when in fact such actions do little about the real causes of social problems and may indeed aggravate them by uprooting local leaders . |
| 13 | You were n't allowed to have a hearse , you had to carry them to the church , and er er we used to b bury them by lamp light . |
| 14 | ‘ I do know you by now . |
| 15 | ‘ Do you know who by ? ’ |
| 16 | Er I do n't know who by as Giles wo n't tell me but he definitely knows the two people that 've laid her . |
| 17 | We have a dozen Note Trackers to give away and you can win one by answering the following three questions and being one of the first twelve correct entries out of the hat . |
| 18 | You could win one by answering the following question : |
| 19 | You must know everything by now . |
| 20 | He should know something by close of play today . |
| 21 | One was new and had come instead of his uncle who was ill , but the guards would not let him in because they did not know him by sight and they nearly threw him into the ditch before they would even let him go home . |
| 22 | Even within living memory the following saying was often quoted : ‘ If you find an honest miller you 'll know him by the tuft of hair growing in the palm of his hand . ’ |
| 23 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 24 | No , I might know him by sight , but er I ca n't think of him |
| 25 | Cos they they did n't live far from me , I did know her by sight . |
| 26 | I 'm sure I 'll know her by sight . |
| 27 | Do you just try and quiet him by are you soothing ? |
| 28 | Alured 's son John became a colonel in Ireland but did not survive him by many years . |
| 29 | How often will anti-Europeans sneeringly bait him by reminding the House that he is about to bail out ? |
| 30 | If the deaths had taken place , they would know it by now . |