Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] by the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Louis XIV and his admirals had , meanwhile , after the Battle of La Hogue , licensed numerous ‘ corsairs ’ to make a nuisance of themselves in the Channel and North Sea , some of whom , actually held naval rank and had guns — up to 50 or 60 in the larger ships — lent them by the French navy . |
| 2 | Mr Seiters said Mr Honecker 's speech was an ‘ oppressive contrast ’ to the challenge posed him by the recent exodus and the upsurge of demands in East Germany for reform . |
| 3 | Caught him by the Arran-knit jumper , he did , and flung him against the railings , demanding money . |
| 4 | This we did by making sure every request for spare parts , made on order slips , had been met by the delivery of these parts told us by the exact delivery slip . |
| 5 | President Dawda Jawara pardoned 35 prisoners in an amnesty allowed him by the Gambian Constitution , to mark the 26th anniversary of independence on Feb. 18 . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm glad she waited for the wedding to be over , ’ whispered Mrs Alderley in Theda 's ear , as she joined her by the French windows that had been opened to the terrace outside . |
| 7 | I 've burnt half the food waiting for you , ’ Stephen snapped impatiently as she joined him by the smoking barbecue . |
| 8 | However , no sooner was the intrigue launched than Baldwin killed it by the simple expedient of deciding to remain in office and meet Parliament . |
| 9 | " The ceremonies taught us by the Chinese emperors ceased to be celebrated fourteen years ago in China itself when the revolution of Sun Yat-sen put an end to the Manchu dynasty . |
| 10 | The Quartet can be read as a ‘ simulacrum of simulation ’ in this sense : it reveals the simulated nature of the projections , speculations , and reconstructions fed us by the oral media and the role of story-telling in all so-called ‘ objective ’ compilations of factual information . |
| 11 | He called it by the splendid portmanteau name Geheimschriifmachine — ‘ secret-writing machine ’ . |
| 12 | Dazedly he saw them by the sagging chaise-longue . |
| 13 | This is also the period when he hired as chauffeur and typist a young man , Alfred Agostinelli , who drove him to the seaside in a closed car , took him by the same means to visit many Romanesque churches in Normandy , and who was killed when the plane he was learning to fly crashed into the sea off Antibes in nineteen fourteen . |
| 14 | He was handsome in an altogether splendid way and probably knew it by the haughty way he behaved . |
| 15 | The moment it was free of debt they dissolved the partnership and replaced it by the limited-liability company she had suggested in the first place . |
| 16 | Nick spotted it by the sudden flash of light on its chassis , then put it from his mind . |
| 17 | But our knitwear in particular , erm she effected us by the little jumper she wore er with Charlie before she got engaged . |
| 18 | He recognized them by the bright overalls they wore . |
| 19 | The part of the Wallowa Valley desired by the Nez Perce in 1873 , and the completely contradictory area allocated them by the Indian Bureau . |
| 20 | The senior reporter , Les Petherbridge , mesmerised me by the sheer skill of his shorthand note-taking . |