Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] by a [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The purpose is proved by question and answer if the defendant is driving or if he has to be interviewed later by a police officer . |
| 2 | It is specifically denied that during the briefing Mr Clayton stated that in relation some form of abuse' ’ which has been found during examinations carried out by a police surgeon . ’ |
| 3 | In effect , when section 89 applies , the company if it wishes to issue equity shares for cash , has to do so by a rights issue , as described in chapter 13 or a similar process if it is a private company . |
| 4 | This onslaught was driven back by a police baton charge in the course of which four youths were slightly hurt . |
| 5 | Father Barnes had gone , escorted home by a police constable . |
| 6 | The report revealed that the riots had been sparked off by police mishandling of a case in which a trader was beaten up by a customs official in Taipei . |
| 7 | Kingfisher risks having its bid held up by a Monopolies Commission investigation because of the grip it would have on the electrical retailing market if it controlled Dixons and Currys as well as Comet . |
| 8 | They had erected a little shelter , an old curtain spread across one corner of the balcony and held up by a clothes horse and a chair . |