Example sentences of "by [v-ing] their [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he smiles , he looks slightly goofy , the skin pulled right over his cheeks like the face children make by sticking their fingers in the corners of their mouths . |
| 2 | Even the decoits in the interior of Sind who had been closely following Pakistan 's victory march in their hide-outs expressed their joy by firing their weapons in the air without fear of being discovered . |
| 3 | Amid signs of increasing desperation , Bush appeared to adopt a two-pronged strategy , using his powers as President to take actions calculated to improve his popularity , while his campaign staff increased the negative content of the campaign by intensifying their attacks on the character of Clinton , particularly in regard to his attempts as a student to avoid being drafted to Vietnam . |
| 4 | Although the solo danseuses perform sur les pointes , they still mark the appropriate beats by stabbing their toes into the floor , i.e. they dance a series of retirés passés forwards or backwards without descending and use typical Hungarian ports de bras . |
| 5 | But shareholders can still make their investment work for them — by filling their trolleys at the right superstores this weekend . |
| 6 | Crossing the humpy floor , I looked out of a doorless doorway and saw , half hidden in the grass , the red tiles of the porch where the young Harvey-Beaumonts had sat , celebrating St George 's Day by tapping their feet to the brassy music of the band of the Black and Tans . |
| 7 | However , it is likely that they too could use the channel by bouncing their calls off the continental shelves which slope down into it . |
| 8 | They made out a shadowy form in front of them , by shielding their eyes against the blinding glare . |
| 9 | But there is a bonus to that in that people hope that by testing their ideas about the uncertain physics , by building models of that early stage , that those models will have consequences for the things that get left behind in the universe for the present , and so they might be able to test their ideas about how matter behaves at very high density by using cosmology , and that 's very important because we have no other way of doing it . |
| 10 | In all we promise the publick to be as careful as possible not to lead them into mistakes , nor will we mention any particular tree , plant , flower or fruit which is not in our own garden … we do not propose to mention many different species of trees and plants that are either in the public Botanick Garden , nor that may be in the possession of some curious gentlemen , but only such as are actually in the nurseries of persons belonging to this Society and from where any Gentleman may be furnished with any of the particulars here treated of by directing their letters for the Society of Gardeners at Newhall 's Coffee House in Chelsea , Nr . |
| 11 | Together , by getting their fingers in the rat-holes , they managed to tug up a few feet of rotten chestnut boarding , tindery at the edges . |
| 12 | So addicted were they to this practice , which relieved their frugal existence by exporting their products to the more populous dales , that they earned a reputation as ‘ the terrible knitters of Dent ’ : terrible not because their handiwork was slipshod but because of their complete dedication to the craft . |
| 13 | As the main churches have become more liberal , Free Presbyterianism emerged to challenge the lack of ‘ real ’ Protestantism and hence offered an implicit challenge to the fraternal organizations to purify themselves by breaking their ties with the main , and now apostate , denominations . |
| 14 | Ticks fasten themselves aboard by burying their mouthparts in the skin , and live by sucking the host 's blood . |
| 15 | The models will then be tested by comparing their predictions with the behaviour of people making idealised decisions in the laboratory . |
| 16 | Since much of our ‘ intellectual debt ’ to the originators of ideas is filtered by reading their ideas in the works of others , it is difficult to acknowledge the extent to which the originators have influenced our thinking . |
| 17 | Anyone can be a publisher by registering their songs with the various societies ( MCPS and PRS ) . |
| 18 | Both also operated as armies had done for many previous centuries by finding their supplies from the land as they moved about . |
| 19 | The charter S 950 is a grant to him from 1018 , and so is S 952 , which alleges that Cnut gave Christ Church freedom , and may be connected with the report ( S 985 ) that he confirmed their liberties by placing their charters on the altar . |
| 20 | They pushed and shoved , reaching through the carriage windows to reserve places by laying their scarves along the bench . |
| 21 | It may be argued that in parliamentary democracies the people can protest every five years or so by casting their votes in the election of a new government . |
| 22 | Back home 2,000 fans greeted the news of the victory by throwing their hats into the air . |
| 23 | It is why butterflies warm up before flight , either by exposing their wings to the sun 's heat or by generating heat internally by vibrating them ; it is why lizards bask in the morning sun ; and it is the explanation for the saying : ‘ fast runs the ant as the mercury rises ’ . |
| 24 | But by stretching their abilities to the limit , they 'll discover that success is not beyond their reach . |