Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] [pron] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs James seemed to talk to him by the hour , in the middle of the night , sometimes , he believed , and so did the children . |
| 2 | His Majesty being made acquainted with it by the Bishop of London , Order was given for calling the Printers into the High-Commission , where upon Evidence of the Fact , the whole Impression was called in , and the Printers deeply fined , as they justly merited . |
| 3 | They do n't have superhuman powers to help them deal with the superstar image and pressures that they have had to put on them by the media and their fans . |
| 4 | Ellen said in a tone which implied that I had entirely misunderstood the senator 's motives , which she would now have to explain to me by the application of sound feminist arguments . |
| 5 | In the case of a minor , or of a mental patient where no person is authorised to act for him by the Court of Protection , then the " next friend " must file a written undertaking ( N 235 ) , attested as would be an affidavit , to be responsible for costs ( Ord 10 , r 2(b) ) . |
| 6 | In September 1715 , immediately after the death of Louis XIV , the Parlement of Paris had restored to it by the Regent , the Duc d'Orléans , the right of remonstrance which allowed it to impede royal legislation . |
| 7 | The Monopolies and Mergers Commission may , under the Fair Trading Act 1973 , have referred to it by the Director of Fair Trading or a Minister for investigation and report whether a monopoly , as defined , is or is not against the public interest . |
| 8 | Sir : I was prompted to write to you by the letter from J. Dawson in the July issue . |