Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others may prefer a step by step process of building up fine details , until mastery of a subsection of the task is reached , before moving on . |
| 2 | Your eye must take a painting by surprise . |
| 3 | ‘ We must have a decision by close of business tomorrow and I 'm optimistic that we can survive . |
| 4 | ‘ But in order to carry on business it is necessary that the reputation of such a corporation should be protected , and therefore in the case of libel or slander it must have a remedy by action . |
| 5 | But in order to carry on business it is necessary that the reputation of such a corporation should be protected , and therefore in the case of libel or slander it must have a remedy by action . |
| 6 | As time goes by , and more machines are added to the scale , you 'll have a month by month reference for PC performance — and as performance levels creep ever higher ( as they are doing at the moment ) we 'll extend the scale , and pick up new reference points . |
| 7 | Churchill commented that the " British people would not easily be influenced by what happened in the distant jungles of South-East Asia ; but they did know that there was a powerful American base in East Anglia and that war with China , who would invoke the Sino-Russian Pact , might mean an assault by hydrogen bombs on these islands " . |
| 8 | That left the companies ; yet the first of them was in the hands of the receiver , who could bring an action by virtue of the Insolvency Act 1986 ( section 42 and also para 5 of Schedule 1 ) . |
| 9 | We could identify a person by name . |
| 10 | Perhaps they 'd take an excursion by brake to Pegwell Village this afternoon if the concert had to be cancelled because of rain . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , Fenella takes her duties terribly seriously and would have a minute by minute report of what Springsteen had been up to while I 'd been away . |
| 12 | With your leave , I will make an offering by way of acknowledgement . ’ |
| 13 | But one of the most pleasant of functions is that you can select a sentence by triple clicking on a word within it . |
| 14 | She was critical of what she called ‘ strong-minded women ’ , who went in for stridency and useless eccentricity , preferring the ‘ sound-minded women … who can take a journey by railway without an escort , who can stand by a friend through a surgical operation , and who yet wear ordinary bonnets and carry medium-sized umbrellas ’ . |
| 15 | BUT you can renew a loan by telephone as long as nobody else wants the item . |