Example sentences of "he [vb past] by the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , he lived by the church bells of London and occasionally a sundial , as did almost everyone else there . |
| 2 | True , both the English and the Latin forms indicate he lived by the ash tree , but did they merely permit the taxatores to avoid confusing him with all the other Johns who lived in the same village ? |
| 3 | He stopped by the pedestrian crossing which led over Rosebery Avenue to the square , red-brick building of the Air Gallery . |
| 4 | " Quiss she began quietly , He shook his head , kicked the small chair he had been sitting on , and marched off across the squeaking , grating glass floor , heading for his own apartments , Before he left the games room for the short corridor which led to his rooms , he stopped by the side wall of the room , where more conventional paper and cardboard books lined the slate fabric of the castle — the masons ' lame attempt at insulation . |
| 5 | ‘ He walked by the tree shade of sunny winking leaves , and towards him came the wife of Mr David Shehee MP . |
| 6 | The tour , originally scheduled to leave at 9.30 a.m. , could not now leave until well after a buffet lunch , if this latter could he arranged by the kitchen staff ( the Manager nodded ) . |
| 7 | Billy Sullivan felt worried as he waited by the Rotherhithe Tunnel entrance for his confederates . |
| 8 | He paused by the window seat , a replica of one he had noticed at the other end of the gallery . |
| 9 | As he sat by the fire softening potatoes between his gums , he felt pleased with himself . |
| 10 | He remained by the Shahs side first as prime minster and them as minister of court until his death from cancer in 1977 . |
| 11 | As he stood by the glass cabinet in his bedroom where the file had reclined on a couch of red velvet since the Exhibition recuperating from its victory , the Collector remembered , with amazement and disgust at his petty chauvinism , how pleased he had been by this trivial affair . |