Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [verb] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 A local builder obliged by knocking down the remains in exchange for the materials he could salvage , and the place had been known as the Half House by local people ever since .
2 Tunnels will also be popular with many of the species and some , like the Ancistrus , will use them for breeding homes ( they may be sexed by checking out the bristles — the male will sport the longest ) .
3 The probability of going from A to B is found by adding up the waves for all the paths .
4 The probability that the particle , say , passes through some particular point is found by adding up the waves associated with every possible history that passes through that point .
5 This mode is attained by shutting down the eyelids .
6 This is because he is not legally entitled to recover the cost incurred by carrying out the repairs necessary to remedy the defect that the surveyor failed to spot .
7 Shock is dissipated by drawing back the hands .
8 Shock is dissipated by drawing back the hands .
9 If n is a goal node , exit successfully with the solution obtained by tracing back the pointers from n to s .
10 The probability of the particle traveling from A to B is given by adding up the numbers associated with all the paths that take the particle from A to B. For most paths , the number associated with the path will nearly cancel out the numbers from paths that are close by .
11 Many straight edges can be joined by picking up the edges , right sides together , on to the needlebed .
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