Example sentences of "[pron] by [verb] [pron] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To crush their rivals , therefore , they sought not to limit the power of the Grand Prince but to gain influence over him by identifying themselves with the elevation of his personal authority . |
| 2 | And a photographer told how he saw a girl of about six so severely burned that a fireman could not bring himself to treat her by dousing her with a hose . |
| 3 | In one such festival , her husband shows his love for her by presenting her with a new dress and himself attending to her hairdo and make up . |
| 4 | The main light was behind him , but I could still see the shadows on his face ; they were more marked than ever , and I had the foolish illusion that I could remove them by stroking them with the tips of my fingers . |
| 5 | The cross does not affect God because he has always been loving and desiring our repentance ; it affects us by presenting us with an example of love and sacrifice which overwhelms us because of its outrageous generosity . |
| 6 | Eventually he opened one for us by hitting it with an old chisel . |