Example sentences of "[pron] by [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He comforted himself by watching her on television . |
| 2 | Turner surprised even himself by leading them to promotion in successive seasons . |
| 3 | I 'll keep in touch with you by ringing you at home , if I may . " |
| 4 | I also told him of my affection for you and that I could n't injure you by marrying you without love . |
| 5 | He asked himself " Why do I have to cosmeticize everything by translating it into painting ? |
| 6 | This legislation , far from doing anything to alleviate this , further compounds it by enshrining it in legislation . |
| 7 | I think he might maybe he does n't do it like that , maybe he does it by saying it by God bless at the end of his broadcast , or appearing in the Gulf with a polo necked jumper . |
| 8 | I 'd have liked to prolong it by asking you to supper , but … ’ |
| 9 | Predicating an element foregrounds it by placing it in theme position . |
| 10 | Word meanings are especially liable to change because people learn them by hearing them in context rather than by looking up the ‘ standard ’ definition , and the inferences they draw can vary . |
| 11 | He had unfortunately proceeded to mar them by fastening them to strips of card with paper clips , which had rusted and left their foul trail on the bookmarks . |
| 12 | It has reinforced them by building them into practice budgets . |
| 13 | They warm them by pressing them against brood patches , areas of skin naked of feathers which a bird may develop specially for the breeding season or have permanently on its breast concealed by the long feathers growing around them . |
| 14 | Resources should be used to equip people to act in their own interests rather than to pauperise them by treating them as dependents . |
| 15 | Anyone who knows of architects , architectural technicians , or their dependents , who are suffering distress from some misfortune could help them by putting them in touch with the ABS at 66 Portland Place London W1N 4AD , telephone . |