Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] by [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goaded himself by picturing the ageing President , grey-haired and frail . |
| 2 | Thucydides distinguished himself by transferring the real cause of the Peloponnesian War to the more impersonal fears inspired in the Peloponnesians by Athens . |
| 3 | One surprised me by mimicking the bubbling call of a curlew . |
| 4 | She contented herself by having the official offer letter framed . |
| 5 | He did it by suggesting the nervous system as an intermediary . |