Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [pers pn] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered if her presence was an invitation ; I felt that if I stretched out my hand to grasp hers she would have sat by me on the bed . |
| 2 | A female courts one or more males and then goes round laying eggs in nests prepared by them on the ground . |
| 3 | Lie is a nasty word and those in politics ten who use it tend to get hit by it on the rebound . |
| 4 | ( 4 ) This Firm can pay the disbursements , as they arise , on the basis that the interest charges incurred by us on the expenditure on your behalf would be your responsibility , to be paid out of your damages before payment to you . |
| 5 | The employee earning more than £5,000 or the director will be assessed on the benefit received by him on the basis of the cost to the employer rather than the price that would generally be charged to the public . |
| 6 | The receipts received by us on the consultation document about the directive show that the Contract Cleaning and Maintenance Association claims that some 40 per cent . |
| 7 | In discussing Brian Way , I have suggested that not only has the emphasis placed by him on the individuality of the individual been misleading , it has also put some teachers in a position of distorting the medium of drama itself ; and that Brian Way in practice overcame this problem by including in his seminal publication a system of training in life skills . |