Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [art] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horseman was , in fact , one of Miles ' Cheyenne scouts , and Looking Glass was cut down by a sharpshooter 's bullet ; the only warrior to die after the opening battle . |
| 2 | Another door , Harry had said , down by the river 's edge : and in fact , when I looked I could see it , a once-painted slab of wood set in brickwork , its bottom edge barely six inches above the water . |
| 3 | The battle rages on either side of her in two self-contained halves which balance each other closely : a combat ; an archer shooting towards the angle ; a crouching figure despatching a fallen one ; a figure , his head towards the angle , struck down by the bowman 's shaft ; and beyond him , in the corner , gear ( a shield , a helmet ) . |
| 4 | Hedge-hopping yellow hammers proved another diversion and a flock of blue ties flickered and contact-called , ‘ psi-psi-psi ’ , from the willows down by the water 's edge . |
| 5 | Seated on one stool by the wall of the hut , with her foot resting on another , Paige stared gloomily at Travis 's figure down by the water 's edge . |
| 6 | Whether struck down by the Lord 's retribution or by his failure in Italy or by the neglect of his sponsor the Emperor , the ninth Pope Leo , Bruno de Nordgau , died in April in the city of Rome , far from his beloved Toul and the Vosges of his family . |
| 7 | Afterwards , she felt very much let down by the family 's decision , saying she would have preferred to die rather than live in such a disabled condition . |
| 8 | from down by the Nag 's Head , who 'd been bombed out . |
| 9 | Meet a man proud to go in by the tradesmen 's entrance |
| 10 | He enjoyed not being known as Inspector Rose , he enjoyed the sausages from Spratling 's Colonial Butchers , he enjoyed kedgeree , and most of all he enjoyed the fresh fish brought in by the landlady 's schoolboy son . |
| 11 | Finally , I would observe that the justice in this case is not to be criticised for the decision she reached on the Friday , which was based on advice given her by a legally qualified court clerk , reinforced by the submission of the representative of the Crown Prosecution Service and acquiesced in by the defendant 's solicitor . |
| 12 | The latest straws in the wind have been blown in by the bank 's disposal of its merchant banking arm , Charterhouse , last week for £235 million . |
| 13 | his jaw stove in by the pony 's hoof . |
| 14 | Surely she could not be stupid enough to be falling in love , be bowled over by a man 's charm again , and so strongly this time ? |
| 15 | Three years ago it was taken over by the Queen 's Moat Houses group and new performance disciplines were imposed . |
| 16 | She reached over by the man 's shoulder to set a styrene cup on his desk , and saw him look at it sharply . |
| 17 | Dexter found the effect comforting rather than disconcerting : he had been won over by the man 's charm . |
| 18 | Mrs McDougall had promised to have milk and bread for me , and there might possibly be mail , brought over by the morning 's ferry . |
| 19 | Even those of us in the office who had their doubts at first were soon won over by the instrument 's simplicity and friendliness . |
| 20 | And the chairman was won over by the manager 's charm , powerful persuasiveness and dynamism . |
| 21 | Its body was covered with a rough hair plagued with small ticks , and the skin was hardened with the scales of a fish , but its human parts were more like those of a sickly angel than of a man , for its hands were tense and agile , its eyes large and gloomy , and on its shoulder-blades it had the scarred-over and calloused stumps of powerful wings which must have been chopped off by a woodman 's axe . |
| 22 | Some critics link this with the sharp drop in foreign investment last year , though foreigners may also have been put off by the army 's killing of civilian demonstrators in Bangkok last May . |
| 23 | The disclosures , which follow a fortnight of leaks sparked off by the Guardian 's revelation of the sweeteners scandal — show how far Lord Young was prepared to go to sell Rover to the private sector . |
| 24 | The conversion of public opinion on this question was triggered off by the scientists ' response to a major theoretical initiative in the field : Darwin 's Origin of Species , published in 1859 . |
| 25 | Moreover , educated young Catholics were likely to be put off by the party 's style of opposition , which could often appear even more obsessed with sectarian symbolism than the Unionists were . |
| 26 | Environmental pollution through smoke , de-afforestation , the development of conurbations ( large built-up areas ) or the use of nuclear power and the disposal of its waste products must be weighed up by a country 's government ( and the world community ) against potential income growth . |
| 27 | The $2,000 prize was set up by a patrons ' organization of the National Museum of American Art in honour of Charles C. Eldredge , former director of the museum . |
| 28 | The Prince Albert was not the only ship to be held up by a dockers ' strike : at the East India Docks , the Jolly George with a similar load of armaments for Poland , was prevented from sailing . |
| 29 | After that my attention was taken up by the organisation 's move to the new building . |
| 30 | Video 8 , with its inability to dub audio separately , inserts both new pictures and sound , the latter being whatever was being picked up by the camcorder 's microphone while the title was being recorded — unless you have arranged for some other sound to be fed onto the tape ! |