Example sentences of "by [verb] [pron] [adv] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I then brought the session to an end by bringing her out of the hypnotic state . |
| 2 | The Bible becomes his bastion against moral powerlessness , too , by reminding him constantly of the divine power that is available to overcome his weakness ( for " God is at work in you , both to will and to work for his good pleasure " ) . |
| 3 | Watford full-back Jason Drysdale aims to hit the champions with the final instalment of a miserable treble by knocking them out of the Coca-Cola Cup at Vicarage Road . |
| 4 | Already it had made great play of how it had saved certain famous churches from its own bulldozers by moving them out of the path of destruction . |
| 5 | We missed the first brood to be born , but managed to save some of the fry by netting them out of the adult tank . |
| 6 | The result is that , whereas , for the passive reader , the novel effectively ends with Oliveira seemingly about to commit suicide by throwing himself out of a window , the active reader goes beyond this to the understanding that Oliveira 's jump into the void is a metaphorical leap into a metaphysical state , where conventional categories are abolished and dualistic contradictions reconciled . |
| 7 | Dr Dunstaple , in any case , had settled the matter by clearing everyone out of the tiger house except for the unfortunate dispenser , who was ordered to adhere to the Dunstaple treatment until death , if necessary , and to lock the door against everyone else . |
| 8 | Ripen marrows by raising them out of the foliage and resting on bricks |