Example sentences of "summed up the [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown summed up the mood by telling Mr Major : ‘ What you have seen this afternoon is nothing less than the beginning of the end of your premiership . |
| 2 | Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown summed up the mood by telling Mr Major : ‘ What you have seen this afternoon is nothing less than the beginning of the end of your premiership . |
| 3 | The Evening News summed up the affair by calling for greater public vigilance to root out the canker of immorality : ‘ England has tolerated the man Wilde for too long … he was a social pest , a centre of intellectual corruption … who attacked all wholesome , manly , simple ideals of English life . ’ |
| 4 | Roxburgh summed up the occasion by saying his team had ‘ everything to gain and nothing to lose ’ , an ironic choice of phrase given the fact that the national coach had been up since 6.30am figuring out ways to compensate for loss . |
| 5 | Jenny summed up the situation by saying : |
| 6 | He summed up the visit by saying |
| 7 | Lord Denning M.R. summed up the facts by saying , at p. 286 : |