Example sentences of "[adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know , I was just sitting on the grass one day , down by the river . |
| 2 | This reiterates the whole catch-all section 2 of the Official Secrets Act of 1911 , as well as the scale of punishments laid down by the Official Secrets Act of 1920 for those who |
| 3 | ‘ They will have gone down by the other side , ’ said Allan Stewart , ‘ it is their quickest way . ’ |
| 4 | Masha merely felt put down by the hauteur she felt , even if not intended . ) |
| 5 | In the heart of the vast city , Daddy again , his brown eyes bright , you could see his sparse hair growing down by the minute into the Hippie pigtail he 'd been too young or too old and always too respectable to wear … |
| 6 | Your council can also choose to extend these periods of time or set new classes of property other than the one laid down by the Government . |
| 7 | According to the ADC , in the cases quoted by councils the properties by and large fulfilled all the principal criteria set down by the Government for a property suitable for occupation by older people , ie that it was let to persons over pensionable age ; access was relatively easy ; the accommodation was on level ground ; the dwelling had no more than two bedrooms ; the heating arrangements were adequate ; the property was reasonably conveniently located . |
| 8 | Each dance followed particular rules laid down by the dancing masters , and this idea continued to prevail even after Gluck began to compose operas and ballets which had greater continuity . |
| 9 | This does not mean that today 's choreographers need follow the conventions laid down by the Renaissance scholars who were more interested in the physical ability and behaviour of courtiers . |
| 10 | And yet that inn , the Hotel de perigord , being set down by the Dronne , is on the outskirts of Aubeterre. for Aubeterre is a hilltown , set on a chalky cliff above the river ( whence the name — Aubeterre , Alba Terra ) . |
| 11 | Ewan Murray , the Games council 's chairman , said cost was not a factor in selecting the team , but only 15 athletes achieved the stringent qualifying standards set down by the Scottish Amateur Athletic Associaton — and one , Allister Hutton , is not going to Auckland because he wished to run in the 10,000 metres instead of the marathon , for which he had qualified . |
| 12 | I did n't know The Rolling Stones had started playing just down by the river . ’ |
| 13 | The decisions of Margaret Thatcher 's ministers are struck down by the courts as often as were those of the Wilson or Callaghan administrations . |
| 14 | The offer was turned down by the then philistine government ( history repeats itself ? ) and the collection returned to Tabley House . |
| 15 | The Treasury , however , issued a statement saying that ‘ civil servants have not been asked to do anything they have not been asked to do under previous Governments of both parties , in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Cabinet Office ’ . |
| 16 | As I helped myself to a drop of Taff 's tea the guns down by the River Orne opened up again , the shells all heading in the direction of the German positions . |
| 17 | Taff 's answer was his usual ‘ Not German shells , Boyo , its those bastards down by the Orne who are dropping their shells about . |
| 18 | The sky was soon dark and the sound of heavy bombs exploding died away , to be replaced by shells passing over the orchard from the British guns down by the river Orne . |
| 19 | All was silent except for the automatic fire fairly close at hand , somewhere down by the crossroads . |
| 20 | He disapproved of his bishop ( A. A. David ) for the tough way in which he handled three recalcitrant Anglo-Catholic priests who refused to conform to rules laid down by the bishop and yet did nothing about the radical dean of the cathedral who did things equally nonconforming in a Low Church direction . |
| 21 | The party was held at his flat which was a loft in a warehouse down by the river in Shad Thames on a wharf right next to Tower Bridge I 'd never seen anywhere like it . |
| 22 | The noisy exchanges in the House of Commons and her determination not to be shouted down by the opposition make her sound hectoring and strident . |
| 23 | Despite the 1974–8 Kenya Development Plan stating ‘ there has been some counter productive harassment of these enterprises , which will be promptly ended ’ , in 1989 a complete informal vehicle maintenance site was abruptly closed down by the city government . |
| 24 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 25 | Chassis details follow the broad principles laid down by the Turbo R , with three-stage electronically controlled dampers serving what is basically a MacPherson strut front and semi-trailing arm rear suspension geometry . |
| 26 | Now when I was down by the river at half seven … ’ |
| 27 | He was found down by the river this morning and he 'd been dead since midnight or before . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm not used to scotch and I went into the gents down by the station to be sick . ’ |
| 29 | Vigo did n't press him but poured a glass of Manzanilla for himself and sat down by the window . |
| 30 | It 's laughable , afraid of a storm but brave enough to wait in the dark down by the river and bash your friend over the head . |