Example sentences of "his [noun] [noun sg] by [verb] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dandavate began his budget speech by outlining the grave economic situation inherited by the new National Front government when it came to power in late 1989 , which included a " strained " balance-of-payments position , low foreign exchange reserves and low foodgrain stocks . |
| 2 | Mad Eric has personalised his scum top by wearing the collar standing up and ironing down the front corners to make it look like a cravat — he now looks like Victorian Dad out of Viz. Berk . |
| 3 | Professor Cox and his team compromise by stressing the value of knowledge and grammatical discipline , while recommending that these should be achieved through experience with words rather than through the study of grammatical terms in isolation . ’ |
| 4 | Parker , Oakland 's starting pitcher , had gone a full eight innings before George Bell finally broke his hit-left streak by depositing the ball over the left-field fence . |
| 5 | As a trivial example , one student may have scored five out of ten on his arithmetic test by answering the five additions correctly and the five subtractions incorrectly while his/her friend is given the same score for precisely the converse performance ! |
| 6 | When Howell picks him up at dawn on a deserted Texan highway he immediately makes his intentions plain by scaring the boy witless . |