Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] by a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That joint 's got to go on by a quarter to , or goodness knows what time dinner will be ready . ’ |
| 2 | Yawl ran an excellent Oaks trial in Wednesday 's Tripleprint Lupe Stakes at Goodwood , rallying bravely to go down by a head to Gisarne . |
| 3 | A struggling Swan was summarily ejected , helped on by a boot up the backside on the part of the Party 's chief agent . |
| 4 | Somehow , Dai , goaded on by a blend of Bernard 's impatience and supervision , got them working . |
| 5 | There was n't anything I could do and , knowing that , I was conscious of my own inadequacy , weighed down by a sense of helplessness . |
| 6 | In gale force winds , and weighed down by a camera around her neck , she just missed bringing us back a prize but she managed to capture some winning shots . |
| 7 | Sears put on 2 to 92p , helped along by a couple of brokers ' recommendations . |
| 8 | Stage 4 is the familiar multiplier , only this time triggered off by a change in imports and exports . |
| 9 | The refugees were picked up by a convoy of buses at the Austrian border . |
| 10 | All the bills were picked up by a consortium of local banks and newspapers . |
| 11 | The flashing light is then picked up by a sensor at the distant end and the information converted first into a corresponding electrical pattern then into sound using an earpiece or loudspeaker . |
| 12 | The pulsing light is picked up by a sensor at the distant end , converted into on-off electrical signals , amplified , fed to an digital-to-analogue converter and the information used to operate an earpiece , loudspeaker or other output device . |
| 13 | They would use incendiary-cum-explosive bombs to disable the aircraft and then retire to a pre-arranged rendezvous point in the desert where they could be picked up by a patrol of the Long Range Desert Group ( LRDG ) . |
| 14 | Once this had been accomplished , the various parties would proceed on foot to an agreed rendezvous in the desert , about forty-five miles inland , where they would be picked up by a patrol of the Long Range Desert Group . |
| 15 | BEIRUT — Syrian forces freed a Lebanese air force pilot who had been picked up by a gunboat after ditching his plane in the Mediterranean yesterday , Reuter reports . |
| 16 | Then , just as Tabitha was opening her mouth and wondering what she was supposed to say , a hideous crackling noise came over the robot 's speaker , and its picture was torn up by a burst of interference . |
| 17 | In recent years the defiantly right-on stance of the comedy circuit had been booted out by a brand of no-holds barred humour . |
| 18 | One unguarded remark by Byrkin , one remark that had been carried back by a man with innocence on his face to those who would judge Byrkin . |
| 19 | The most important recent investigation was carried out by a Committee of Enquiry chaired by Lord Elton . |
| 20 | A survey of these structures on the line has been carried out by a firm of consulting engineers , showing that only one minor bridge requires any structural repairs . |
| 21 | Detectives believe most of the UDA/UFF killings have been carried out by a unit from the Shankill district . |
| 22 | Data recording and assessment of results were carried out by a member of the unit who did not participate in endoscopic treatment or looked after the patients . |
| 23 | Most of the work for this momentous event was carried out by a sub-committee for which no records exist . |
| 24 | Ledger work — writing out the transactions carried out by a company in a day book , book-keeping and sometimes calculating the staff wages |
| 25 | Her powerful twin Paxman engines gave her a range and reliability we had long sought after and the increased accommodation meant that more revenue work could be carried out by a crew of eight customs officers . |
| 26 | The research has to be carried out by a researcher in a recognised academic institution ( eg university , polytechnic , or independent research institute ) . |
| 27 | She suffered a broken arm , jaw and cheekbone in the brutal attack , carried out by a man at her home in Hodson village near Swindon . |
| 28 | Generally this type of behaviour is carried out by a person in authority and the victim — because that is what the recipient has become — is reluctant or afraid to complain . |
| 29 | The routine management of the EIB is carried out by a board of directors , of which there are nineteen nominated by member countries , with France , West Germany , and the UK appointing nine directors . |
| 30 | In England and Wales , it is carried out by a branch of the Inland Revenue . |