Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] by a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had long intended making this proposition to the Secretary of State , but I was urged sooner to it perhaps because I felt that I was reduced in circumstances and thrown from my position in Society , and I hoped by a grand effort to establish a permanent claim on the consideration of Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 2 | Courier beat Stefan Edberg in the final , which failed by a large margin to live up to it 's billing . |
| 3 | It was n't going to help Andrew 's plight , endowing himself bewitched by a young gypsy girl he could never have , but Fate was n't always kind when it selected the tricks it was going to play . |
| 4 | The highlights , or perhaps the lowlights , have included singer James Hetfield getting himself barbecued by an over-enthusiastic pyro , while the temporary pairing with Guns N' Roses caused further turbulence — or so the press would have us believe . |
| 5 | He found himself stymied by an old oppo of mine when setting out on one of the Bielefeld Viaduct sorties with Tallboys . |
| 6 | Reports are coming in , some of them confirmed by an independent observer , of large-scale destruction in Bosnia , not only of mosques and monuments ( see The Art Newspaper No. 19 , June 1992 , p.1 ) but also of places of learning , together with the books , archives and manuscripts contained therein . |
| 7 | She tiptoed by a well-mown lawn , then a garden jumbled high with broken washing machines , bicycles , empty flowerpots and scraps of wood . |
| 8 | Special effects , including pattern fills and shadows you handled by a separate program which also lets you view and print your fonts . |
| 9 | It could seat twenty passengers on rattan cane seats , who boarded by a short ladder over the sides ! |
| 10 | I bet their gigs are quite fun too although why anyone would want to sit and watch a video of one made by a stoned roadie is anyone 's guess . |
| 11 | The legislation 's loose definition of a ‘ British ’ film , as one made by a British company in a British studio using a certain percentage of British crew , could be applied to a picture made by a British subsidiary of a US major , using an American director , writer and key cast . |
| 12 | Out of print , my local stockist told me — though I sneaked a look at one owned by a venerable AC member on a meet in the Dauphiné . |
| 13 | We stopped by an empty building and disentangled ourselves from each other . |
| 14 | of matches under the sleeve and showed one secured by an elastic band which clearly one expected to be the cause of the rattling noise . |
| 15 | Eruptions on the mid-Atlantic ridge occur sporadically , each major one fed by a distinct magma chamber . |
| 16 | Amongst the Young Socialists , no talk about Southern Africa , especially one delivered by a Conservative Party official , could fail to be political . |
| 17 | St Jean-d'Angely is a charming little town : there are good shops as well as half-timbered houses along its narrow old streets , one spanned by an ancient bell-tower . |
| 18 | ( The bank card I want to get hold of is the one issued by an Arab bank called Watani Express . |
| 19 | He considers that the nineteenth century cases of Camplin , Flattery and Williams accomplished no more than to include within rape sexual intercourse with an unconscious woman or one deceived by a specific type of fraud and that the 1976 Act merely declares the law as it was established at that time . |
| 20 | They lived by a simple code : do what the hell you liked , do it together , but be loyal to the King Rat . |
| 21 | If they drove by an indirect route , that could be anywhere ; right in the heart of London or up to fifty miles in any direction . |
| 22 | They walked by a large gate and an enormous , neatly-kept garden . |
| 23 | Several clubs have made it to the quarter final , but all have faltered , the most notable being Darlington , when they lost by a single goal to HFS Loans League side Leek Town two years ago . |
| 24 | They travelled by a short stairway from the morning room , up into a narrow corridor carved with horses ' heads . |
| 25 | The real issue with the voters was de Gaulle himself , and the General reinforced that perception by warning that he would resign if the proposed change was rejected or even if it passed by a slim majority . |
| 26 | He stopped by a book-lined alcove to remove his tie completely and to get some air . |
| 27 | In March it dropped by a full percentage point , its biggest drop for more than two years . |
| 28 | On Wednesday night Linfield were out of the competition , beaten fairly it seemed by an aggregate score of 3-2 and facing a loss of around £15,000 on the failed European venture . |
| 29 | After seeing his 1853 bill side-tracked by a Royal Commission , Lord St Leonards was moving the second reading of another debtor and creditor bill in the House of Lords in 1859 , but once again many of their lordships found it all too complicated , and wanted it examined by a select committee . |
| 30 | You could n't say he lost by a short head — he was n't even in the frame ! |