Example sentences of "by [v-ing] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clive also attended , visibly gleeful that he had spared the school any undesirable publicity by unloading me in the nick of time . |
| 2 | ‘ By parading me before your friends as a woman who 'll let a virtual stranger kiss her passionately , ’ she said accusingly . |
| 3 | ( 15b ) He helped me to climb the stairs by cheering me on . |
| 4 | Reinforcement occurs when I help you in some way and you reciprocate by helping me . |
| 5 | But thankfully , she was very supportive throughout and played the role of my psychoanalyst by helping me open up . |
| 6 | By helping me , you 'd undo a little of that wrong . ’ |
| 7 | And think what good you 're doing by helping me fulfil all Uncle 's requirements for getting hold of my inheritance . |
| 8 | By helping me , you were placing yourself in danger . |
| 9 | You can all be scientists today by helping me do some magic science tricks |
| 10 | ‘ You might start by trusting me . |
| 11 | Before the event , I had debated whether to bring my director to the event , to reinforce the quality image of the Association which he in effect supports by sponsoring me . |
| 12 | He responded to my curiosity concerning the transmutation of metals by allowing me to assist him as he experimented with his alembic and his aludel . |
| 13 | ‘ As a new young photographer , he was being given a great opportunity and he could have spoilt things for himself by using me . ’ |
| 14 | Very great odium T. Poole incurred by bringing me here … when Wordsworth came & he likewise by T. Poole 's agency settled here — You can not conceive the tumult , calumnies , & apparatus of threatened persecutions which this event has occasioned round about us . |
| 15 | You are doing yourself a lot of harm by keeping me here like this interrogating me about matters which are protected by the official secrets legislation . ’ |
| 16 | Here we are , two ex-lovers , talking about another pair of ex-lovers , and what the hell has it to do with us and what the hell do you hope to gain by keeping me here ? |
| 17 | ‘ You think by keeping me here you can drive me wild with need . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Then you can make it up by purchasing me a change of clothes . ’ |
| 19 | Mind you , the accountant , C.J. Broderick , soon saw what was happening , but it took the best part of a year to re-arrange matters so that the newspaper could save money by hiring me back at $28 per week . |
| 20 | It may help me more indirectly by alerting me to the fact that I may be wrong , and forcing me to reason again to double check my conclusion . |
| 21 | The president , Sir Lawrence Byford , talked me out of it yesterday by imploring me to stay and fight my corner rather than walk away . |
| 22 | You said yourself that you are taking a risk by meeting me . ’ |
| 23 | I would like to thank the Arkleton Trust for making this study possible by awarding me a Fellowship and the Nature Conservancy Council for agreeing to three months study leave . |
| 24 | The Public Enemy had been a Warner Bros film and that studio soon went on to consolidate its reputation as one specializing in contemporary themes by releasing I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang . |
| 25 | Soon all who were following me were leading me so the chances were that they were not following me though they could still be following me by leading me and then waiting around to ambush etcetera etcetera ; but of course not . |
| 26 | Today he put my loss into perspective — by ignoring me . |
| 27 | By forcing me to take part in rituals that were scientifically formulated the psychiatrist had logically inverted the magical process whereby my original eidetic memory had ripped the meniscus , thrusting me into the noumenal world . |
| 28 | my dad this morning he woke me up by pulling me up by the hair , bashing my face into the pillow a couple of times , I just looked at , then go , and I looked at him |
| 29 | While he was n't able to resist indulging his rather immature sense of humour by selling me a few dummies , my father could n't abide a son of his not being a credit to him in some way ; my body was a forlorn hope for any improvement , so only my mind was left . |
| 30 | I had a cream one and it got wrecked by going I think Neil put it in the wash with one of his black T-shirts . |